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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2020
Flash memory controller and method capable of efficiently reporting debug information to host device
Silicon Motion, Inc., Hsinchu County, TW;
Kuan-Hui Li, Chiayi, TW;
Shang-Ta Yang, Taoyuan, TW;
Silicon Motion, Inc., Hsinchu County, TW;
Abstract
A method used in a flash memory controller includes: using a watchdog timer to automatically count a number and to generate a reset trigger signal to a processor if the number counted by the watchdog timer is higher than a threshold; after receiving the reset trigger signal from the watchdog timer, using the processor to copy registry information from at least one of processor, flash memory interface controller, and protocol controller, and then to control the memory controller to write the copied registry information into the dynamic random access memory device without rebooting a system of the flash memory controller.