Computer system and method thereof for sharing of wireless connection information between UEFI firmware and OS

1. A computer implemented method comprising:

initiating power on mode in order to execute UEFI firmware for OS boot up procedure;

initiating pairing with a wireless device;

saving a pairing connection data of the wireless device to memory;

retrieving the pairing connection data under Operating System environment; and

initiating automatic pairing with the wireless device based on the pairing connection data;

wherein the wireless device is a WiFi device, the method further comprising:

initiating a WiFi manager process by the UEFI firmware; and

determining if a WiFi hardware component is present and correspondingly generating a WiFi present result.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

initiating a UEFI WiFi driver corresponding to the WiFi hardware component; and

determining, by the WiFi manager process via the WiFi hardware component through the UEFI WiFi driver, if the WiFi device is connected to the WiFi hardware component; and

generating the pairing connection data based on a connection information between the WiFi hardware component and the WiFi device.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

generating an ACPI table as the pairing connection data; and

saving the ACPI table to memory.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the wireless device is a WiFi device, the method further comprising:

building the ACPI table via a UEFI WiFi driver by transforming a connection information of the WiFi device into the ACPI table.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

retrieving the ACPI table from the memory via a OS WiFi driver under the Operating System environment; and

initiating connection to the WiFi device with the OS WiFi driver based on the connection information in the ACPI table.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

generating an SMBIOS table as the pairing connection data; and

saving the SMBIOS table to memory.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the wireless device is a WiFi device, the method further comprising:

building the SMBIOS table via a UEFI WiFi driver by transforming a connection information of the WiFi device into the SMBIOS table.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

retrieving the SMBIOS table from the memory via a OS WiFi driver under the Operating System environment; and

initiating connection to the WiFi device with the OS WiFi driver based on the connection information in the SMBIOS table.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless device is a WiFi device, the method further comprising:

generating a UEFI variable as the pairing connection data; and

saving the UEFI variable to memory.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

creating the UEFI variable via a UEFI WiFi driver by transforming a connection information between the WiFi device and the UEFI WiFi driver into the UEFI variable.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

retrieving the UEFI variable from the memory via a OS WiFi driver under the Operating System environment; and

initiating a connection to the WiFi device with the OS WiFi driver based on the connection information in the UEFI variable.

12. A computer implemented method comprising:

initiating, under an Operating System environment, a wireless pairing process to a wireless device;

saving a pairing connection data of the wireless device to memory;

retrieving, by an UEFI firmware, the pairing connection data under an UEFI pre-OS (pre Operating System) environment; and

initiating, by the UEFI firmware, automatic pairing with the wireless device based on the pairing connection data;

wherein the wireless device is a WiFi device, the method further comprising:

initiating an OS WiFi driver corresponding to a WiFi hardware component; and

initiating the wireless pairing process to the WiFi device via the WiFi hardware component through the OS WiFi driver.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

generating an UEFI variable as the pairing connection data; and

saving the UEFI variable table to memory.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the wireless device is a WiFi device, the method further comprising:

generating the UEFI variable via a OS WiFi driver by transforming a connection information of the WiFi device into the UEFI variable.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

retrieving the UEFI variable from the memory via a UEFI WiFi driver under the UEFI pre-OS (pre Operating System) environment; and

initiating connection to the WiFi device with the UEFI WiFi driver based on the connection information in the UEFI variable.

16. A Computer System comprising:

a memory; and

computer-readable instructions stored at the memory and executable by a microprocessor to:

initiating power on mode in order to execute UEFI firmware for OS boot up procedure;

initiating pairing with a wireless device;

saving a pairing connection data of the wireless device to memory;

retrieving the pairing connection data under Operating System environment; and

initiating automatic pairing with the wireless device based on the pairing connection data;

wherein the instructions are further to:

generating an ACPI table as the pairing connection data by building the ACPI table via a UEFI WiFi driver and transforming a connection information of the wireless device into the ACPI table;

saving the ACPI table to memory;

retrieving the ACPI table from the memory via a OS WiFi driver under the Operating System environment; and

initiating connection to the WiFi device with the OS WiFi driver based on the connection information in the ACPI table.

17. The computer system of claim 16 , wherein the instructions are further to:

generating a SMBIOS table as the pairing connection data by building the SMBIOS table via a UEFI WiFi driver and transforming a connection information of the wireless device into the SMBIOS table;

saving the SMBIOS table to memory;

retrieving the SMBIOS table from the memory via a OS WiFi driver under the Operating System environment; and

initiating connection to the WiFi device with the OS WiFi driver based on the connection information in the SMBIOS table.

18. The computer system of claim 16 , wherein the instructions are further to:

generating a UEFI variable as the pairing connection data by building the UEFI variable via a UEFI WiFi driver and transforming a connection information of the wireless device into the UEFI variable;

saving the UEFI variable to memory;

retrieving the UEFI variable from the memory via a OS WiFi driver under the Operating System environment; and

initiating connection to the WiFi device with the OS WiFi driver based on the connection information in the UEFI variable.

19. A Computer System comprising:

a memory; and

computer-readable instructions stored at the memory and executable by a microprocessor to:

initiating, under an Operating System environment, a wireless pairing process to a wireless device;

saving a pairing connection data of the wireless device to memory;

retrieving, by an UEFI firmware, the pairing connection data under an UEFI pre-OS (pre Operating System) environment; and

initiating, by the UEFI firmware, automatic pairing with the wireless device based on the pairing connection data;

wherein the instructions are further to:

generating a UEFI variable as the pairing connection data by building the UEFI variable via a OS WiFi driver and transforming a connection information of the WiFi device into the UEFI variable;

saving the UEFI variable to memory;

retrieving the UEFI variable from the memory via a UEFI WiFi driver under the UEFI pre-OS (pre Operating System) environment; and

initiating connection to the WiFi device with the UEFI WiFi driver based on the connection information in the UEFI variable.