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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2003
Shinichiro Fujita, Kitakyushu, JP;
Hiroyuki Kanai, Shojiri, JP;
Akemi Ito, Hata-machi, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Information that is transferred through a bus BUS(conforming to IEEE 1394) is downloaded into a rewrite area storing device information (such as GUID or config ROM) and data transfer control program information (such as a SBP-2 firmware program), and rewriter processing is performed to write the information into the rewrite area. When it is detected that no device is connected to a bus BUS(conforming to ATA/ATAPI or IDE), the rewriter processing starts. The detection of whether or not a device is connected to BUSis based on the result of an access to a register of the device. In a download mode, the information is written into the rewrite area by transferring data to and from a PC connected to BUS