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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2000
Joseph G. Skazinski, Berthoud, CO (US);
Noel S. Otterness, Boulder, CO (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for dynamically creating an executable image from an Object File Format (OFF) file stored in a reserved area of one of a plurality of data storage devices in a memory system . In the method, a controller having a Programable Read Only Memory (PROM) , Random Access Memory (RAM) and a Central Processing Unit (CPU) is coupled to the plurality of data storage devices . The memory system is initialized using an initial boot sequence stored in the PROM . This initialization can include a hardware discovery sequence to identify all hardware present in the memory system . Data relating to the discovered hardware is read from the OFF file and translated from an object format into an executable image that is assembled in RAM . Optionally, the PROM is an Electronically Erasable PROM (EEPROM) and the assembled executable image is stored in the EEPROM replacing the initial boot sequence.