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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2002
Todd A. Schelling, Irmo, SC (US);
Amy L. O'donnell, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Craig M. Valine, Windsor, CO (US);
William R. Greene, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Bassam N. Elkhoury, Olympia, WA (US);
John V. Lovelace, Irmo, SC (US);
David J. O'shea, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Todd A. Schelling, Irmo, SC (US);
Amy L. O'Donnell, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Craig M. Valine, Windsor, CO (US);
William R. Greene, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Bassam N. Elkhoury, Olympia, WA (US);
John V. Lovelace, Irmo, SC (US);
David J. O'Shea, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the invention provides a firmware architecture which splits firmware modules to support safe updates of specific modules as well as supporting multiple different processors. A firmware image is partitioned into several different binaries based on their update requirements and processor/platform dependence. A firmware interface table enables safe updates by enabling the option of redundant copies of specific modules as well as supporting systems with different and/or multiple processor types, mixed processors from the same family, and/or fault resilient firmware updates.