Patent ID: 7188236

Claim:
An information handling system (IHS) comprising: a processor; a system bus; a memory coupled to the processor through the system bus; and a basic input/output system (BIOS) stored as instructions on a portion of the memory, the instructions being executable on the processor for transferring control from the BIOS to an operating system of the IHS following a resume event, the control being transferred within a predefined transition time, the instructions being executed for: receiving notification of the resume event; delaying configuration of at least one device of the IHS, the at least one device having a wakeup latency time greater than the predefined transition time; transferring the control from the BIOS to the operating system within the predefined transition time; transferring the control from the operating system to the BIOS for the configuration of the at least one device after the predefined transition time; and performing the configuration of the at least one device.