Firmware update technologies

Examples described herein a firmware update device to execute a second firmware, in place of execution of a first firmware, in response to an instruction that causes the firmware update device to execute the second firmware, wherein the second firmware is copied to a buffer prior to execution of the...

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Hauptverfasser: Pillilli, Bharat S, Van De Groenendaal, Johan
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Examples described herein a firmware update device to execute a second firmware, in place of execution of a first firmware, in response to an instruction that causes the firmware update device to execute the second firmware, wherein the second firmware is copied to a buffer prior to execution of the instruction. In some examples, one or more processors are to execute the instruction that causes the firmware update device to execute the second firmware. In some examples, prior to execution of the instruction, a device root of trust is also to validate the second firmware.