Patent ID: 11928214
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 12:
13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:
causing, during pre-boot, a SPI firmware updater to remain available during runtime;
creating, during runtime and by the SPI firmware updater that is being executed on the first core, a third secure access token using the identifier of the first core;
providing, during runtime and by the SPI firmware updater, the third token to the SPI memory layout module; and
comparing, during runtime and by the SPI memory layout module, the third token to the first token to confirm that the first core and the SPI firmware updater executing on the first core are trusted;
wherein the SPI flash updater then writes the SPI firmware update to the SPI flash.