Enriched pre-extensible firmware interface initialization graphics

1. A method comprising:

generating, by a processor, a glyphs database during a boot process;

storing the glyphs database in a non-volatile storage device, wherein the glyphs database includes a plurality of font glyphs;

in response to determining that a no power-on self-test (POST), no video condition is encountered during the boot process, transmitting by an embedded controller an error code associated with the no POST, no video condition to a basic input/output system;

retrieving information associated with the error code from the glyphs database; and

rendering, by the basic input/output system, the information in a display device using the font glyphs in the glyphs database.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the rendering is performed using a graphics output protocol.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the glyphs database is accessible to the embedded controller during the boot process.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the embedded controller saves an address of the glyphs database in the non-volatile storage device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating of the glyphs database is performed during a driver execution environment phase.

6. The method of claim 1 , in response to determining that the no POST, no video condition is a fatal error, halting the boot process.

7. The method of claim 1 , in response to determining that the no POST, no video condition is not a fatal error, continuing with the boot process.

8. An information handling system, comprising:

an embedded controller configured to transmit an error code to a basic input/output system; and

a processor configured to generate a glyphs database during a boot process of the information handling system and to store the glyphs database in a non-volatile storage device, wherein the glyphs database includes a plurality of font glyphs;

the basic input/output system configured to:

retrieve information associated with the error code transmitted by the embedded controller;

in response to a determination that the error code is associated with a no power-on self-test, no video condition, locate the glyphs database from the non-volatile storage device; and

render the information using the font glyphs in the glyphs database.

9. The information handling system of claim 8 , wherein the basic input/output system renders the information using a graphics output protocol.

10. The information handling system of claim 8 , wherein the glyphs database is accessible to the embedded controller during the boot process of the information handling system.

11. The information handling system of claim 8 , wherein the glyphs database is stored in an extensible firmware interface system partition.

12. The information handling system of claim 8 , wherein the embedded controller saves an address of the glyphs database in the non-volatile storage device.

13. The information handling system of claim 8 , wherein the processor generates the glyphs database during a driver execution environment phase of the boot process.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable media to store instructions that are executable to perform operations comprising:

generating a glyphs database during a boot process:

storing the glyphs database in a non-volatile storage device, wherein the glyphs database includes a plurality of font glyphs;

in response to determining that an issue that is a no power-on self-test (POST), no video condition is encountered during the boot process, transmitting an error code associated with the no POST, no video condition to a basic input/output system;

retrieving an image associated with the error code from the glyphs database; and

rendering the image associated with the issue using the font glyphs in the glyphs database.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 14 , wherein the image is associated with a firmware file globally unique identifier.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 14 , wherein the font glyphs are bitmaps of fonts.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 14 , further comprising in response to determining that the no POST, no video condition is a fatal error, halting the boot process.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 14 , wherein the image includes mitigation steps for the no POST, no video condition.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 14 , wherein the rendering of the image is performed using a graphics output protocol.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 14 , wherein the retrieving of the error code is performed during a pre-extensible firmware interface initialization phase of the boot process.