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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2000
Kevin Gene Kehne, Austin, TX (US);
Chetan Mehta, Austin, TX (US);
Jayeshkumar M. Patel, Austin, TX (US);
Kasturi Patel, Austin, TX (US);
Kevin Gene Kehne, Austin, TX (US);
Chetan Mehta, Austin, TX (US);
Jayeshkumar M. Patel, Austin, TX (US);
Kasturi Patel, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, system, and computer program for updating firmware in a data processing system as a background operation allowing a user to utilize the computer for other purposes during the update process is provided. In one embodiment, after an operating system has been loaded and control has been transferred from the service processor to the host, the service processor determines whether the level of a firmware copy on a system component, such as an SPCN card, matches the current level of firmware stored on a non-volatile memory accessible to the service processor. If the level of the firmware copy in the component is different from the current level, the service processor transfers the current level of firmware from the non-volatile memory accessible to the service processor to the system component.