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Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024

Filed:

May. 11, 2021
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Sunghoon Son, Suwon-si, KR;

Hyung-Dal Kwon, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/4401 (2018.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01); G06F 8/71 (2018.01); G06F 8/654 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/4416 (2013.01); G06F 8/654 (2018.02); G06F 8/71 (2013.01); G06F 9/4418 (2013.01); G06F 13/28 (2013.01);
Abstract

An operating method of an electronic device including controllers includes updating, by a first-level controller of the controllers, a first-level firmware of the the first-level controller, writing, by the first-level controller, a second-level firmware to one of second-level controllers of the controllers having a lower level than the first-level controller, booting, by the one of the second-level controllers, by performing a reset operation, verifying, by the first-level controller or the booted second-level controller, whether there is a target second-level controller with out-of-date firmware, and writing, by the first-level controller or the booted second-level controller in response to a result of the verifying, the second-level firmware to the target second-level controller.


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