Patent ID: 8838948

Claim:
A method for updating basic input/output system (BIOS) settings and configuration on an Information Handling System (IHS), comprising: providing an IHS including at least one processor and at least one non-transitory memory that stores instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to provide a BIOS and an operating system (OS) including an OS application; receiving BIOS setting/configuration change data for the BIOS by the OS application and providing the BIOS setting/configuration change data in a special BIOS configuration capsule packet; communicating the special BIOS configuration capsule packet by the OS application to an OS device driver while running in an environment of the OS; passing the special BIOS configuration capsule packet from the OS device driver to a capsule runtime service driver as a special capsule data packet; determining, by the capsule runtime service driver, that the special capsule data packet is a special BIOS configuration capsule packet; and validating the BIOS setting/configuration change data for the BIOS in the special BIOS configuration capsule packet against currently used BIOS setting/configuration data being used by the BIOS.