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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2015
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Timothy J. McCabe, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Edwin D. Barnes, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Michael W. Webster, San Jose, CA (US);
Paul Bricketto, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Hee Kwong, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Karman Tam, Eastvale, CA (US);
Michael F. Klett, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Tino Lin, Tustin, CA (US);
Mark Nguyen, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
John Minh Hon Quan, Cerritos, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for programming non-volatile storage. Methods involve identifying boot loader code stored in a first partition of a non-volatile storage, the boot loader code being marked as active, executing the boot loader code using one or more processors of the computing system, loading a firmware image to a second partition of the non-volatile storage, the second partition being separate from the first partition, and marking the firmware image as active. Methods further involve detecting a power loss event and, following a power cycle, determining that the firmware image is stored in the second partition and has been marked as active, and, in response to said determination, making a copy of the firmware image and storing the copy in the first partition.