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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2002
Brian Gerard Goodman, Tucson, AZ (US);
Robert Alan Klem, Tucson, AZ (US);
Timothy Keith Pierce, Tucson, AZ (US);
Brian Gerard Goodman, Tucson, AZ (US);
Robert Alan Klem, Tucson, AZ (US);
Timothy Keith Pierce, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Updating firmware stored in a rewritable non-volatile memory as a plurality of firmware code images having position dependent code. A plurality of update code images are made available that have position dependent code specifying positions of a rewritable non-volatile memory, such that each update code image is suitable for replacing a different stored code image. A computer processor determines which stored code image is to be updated; and selects the one of the plurality of update code images that has position dependent code suitable for replacing the code image to be updated.