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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Narasimha R Nookala, San Jose, CA (US);
Kameswaran Sivamani, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Otto Sponring, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cirrus Logic, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395652 ; 39520051 ; 395830 ; 395653 ;
Abstract
A mechanism to allow dynamic configurations and/or diagnostic of a computer system from a remote location is provided. The computer system receives instruction codes of a program from a data source. When executed by the CPU, the instruction codes performs the necessary erase and program operations to embed a firmware program onto to the flash memory. The firmware program can be used for configurations or diagnostic purpose.