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Firmware updating system and method

A firmware update and firmware technology, which is applied in the direction of program loading/starting, program control devices, etc., can solve the problems such as troublesome update actions of users, and achieve the effect of improving security and update speed.

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-10-29
INVENTEC CORP
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Therefore, once the baseboard management controller cannot receive commands or data, it will be very troublesome for users to update

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[0022] When updating the firmware of the monitoring chip, if an error occurs in the firmware of the monitoring chip and cannot receive instructions or data, the firmware cannot be updated via the monitoring chip. Therefore, the present invention proposes a system and method for updating the firmware of the monitoring chip without going through it. In order to make the content of the present invention clearer, the following specific examples are given as examples in which the present invention can actually be implemented.

[0023] figure 1 It is a block diagram of a firmware update system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to figure 1 , the firmware update system 100 is used to update the firmware of the monitoring chip 106 of the computer system, including a control unit 101 , an input and output control unit 102 , a first storage unit 103 , a second storage unit 104 , a switching unit 105 and a monitoring chip 106 . The control unit 101 is, f...

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The invention discloses a firmware updating system and a method. An input and output control unit is connected with a memory unit which is used for memorizing the firmware of a monitoring chip so as to provide the updating data of the monitoring chip by the input and output control unit. The memory unit writes the updating data into the memory and furthermore, is written into the memory unit so as to update the firmware in a method that the write-in of the input and output control unit is carried out periodically by the memory. Therefore, the system and the method of the invention can update the firmware without the requirement of the monitoring chip and improve the safety and efficiency of the firmware updating of the monitoring chip.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a firmware update system and method, and in particular to a system and method for updating the firmware of a monitoring chip of a computer system. Background technique [0002] In order to be able to effectively monitor the operation of each component on the motherboard, the motherboard manufacturer has developed a monitoring chip. By embedding a monitoring chip on the substrate as a centralized processor for hardware platform management, this monitoring chip is generally known as baseboard management controller (Baseboard Management Controller, BMC). Generally, before the motherboard leaves the factory, the manufacturer will first write the firmware of the BMC into a flash read only memory (flash ROM) to drive the BMC to operate. [0003] The update of the firmware of the traditional baseboard management controller is to transmit the update data of the baseboard management controller to the baseboard management contro...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F9/445
Inventor 卢盈志
Owner INVENTEC CORP
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