Data processing: software development – installation – and managem – Software upgrading or updating
Reexamination Certificate
2005-09-13
2005-09-13
Dam, Tuan (Department: 2192)
Data processing: software development, installation, and managem
Software upgrading or updating
C713S002000, C713S100000, C714S036000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06944854
ABSTRACT:
A method, system, and computer program for updating firmware in a data processing system as a background operation allowing a user to utilize the computer for other purposes during the update process is provided. In one embodiment, after an operating system has been loaded and control has been transferred from the service processor to the host, the service processor determines whether the level of a firmware copy on a system component, such as an SPCN card, matches the current level of firmware stored on a non-volatile memory accessible to the service processor. If the level of the firmware copy in the component is different from the current level, the service processor transfers the current level of firmware from the non-volatile memory accessible to the service processor to the system component.
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Kehne Kevin Gene
Mehta Chetan
Patel Jayeshkumar M.
Patel Kasturi
Dam Tuan
Glanzman Gerald H.
International Business Machines - Corporation
McBurney Mark E.
Rutten J. Derek
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