CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present application is a U.S. National Phase Patent Application, which claims the benefit of priority to International Patent Application No. PCT/CN2017/103642 filed on Sep. 27, 2017.

TECHNICAL FIELD

Embodiments generally relate to data processing systems. More particularly, embodiments relate to a firmware component with self-descriptive dependency information.

BACKGROUND

Electronic processing systems may include basic input/output system (BIOS) and an operating system (OS). Firmware may be control code that is included in various components of the electronic processing system or devices attached to the electronic processing system.

