Patent ID: 7373494

Claim:
An information handling system (IHS) comprising: a processor; a memory coupled to the processor; a basic input/output system (BIOS) stored as instructions on a portion of the memory; an event handler component operable to receive notification of an occurrence of at least one event in the IHS; a first device configuration component operable to receive a first input from the event handler component and in response thereto configure at least one device from a first group of devices of the IHS, wherein each device included in the first group has a corresponding wakeup latency time less than or equal to a predefined transition time; a second device configuration component operable to receive a second input from the event handler component and in response thereto configure at least one device from a second group of devices of the IHS, wherein each device included in the second group has a corresponding wakeup latency time greater than the predefined transition time; a time delay component operable to introduce a predefined time delay in the configuration of the least one device from the second group prior to the predefined transition time; and a control transfer component operable to transfer control between the BIOS and an operating system of the IHS responsive to the at least one event.