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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
May. 14, 2006
Anthony J. Lell, Katy, TX (US);
Michael D. Asal, Austin, TX (US);
Gary L. Swoboda, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Anthony J. Lell, Katy, TX (US);
Michael D. Asal, Austin, TX (US);
Gary L. Swoboda, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a system and method of operating a processor before and after a reset has been asserted. Prior to a reset being asserted the processor operates in one of a plurality of states wherein primary code may be executed by the processor depending on said state. Upon a reset being asserted the processor begins executing code for a reset routine. The processor also executes a process such that the processor operates in the same state it was in prior to the reset upon the reset no longer being asserted.