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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1999
William C. Moyer, Dripping Springs, TX (US);
Michael D. Fitzsimmons, Austin, TX (US);
James C. Nash, Austin, TX (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A data processing system ( ) is configured when coming out of reset using memories of various bit widths ( ). The bytes that make up the reset vector ( ) are fetched individually through separate memory operations from the memory that stores the reset vector. These bytes are stored in a pre-determined manner within each of the potential memory structures ( ) such that predetermined addresses will retrieve the different bytes on the same portion of the data bus. A configuration value ( ) portion of the reset vector ( ) retrieved may be used to configure various parameters ( ) within the data processing system ( ) such that parameters related to the memory or other functional characteristics of the system are initialized. The configuration value ( ) may include data and control sections such that the control section determines how the data section of the configuration value ( ) is applied to various parameters within the data processing system ( ).