Update in-use flash memory without external interfaces

Details Update in-use flash memory without external interfaces Update in-use flash memory without external interfaces

2008-07-01

2011-10-04

Stoynov, Stefan (Department: 2116)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support

Digital data processing system initialization or configuration

Loading initialization program

C713S001000, C713S100000, C711S101000, C711S170000, C717S168000, C717S174000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08032740

ABSTRACT:
A method, apparatus and program storage device for updating a non-volatile memory in an embedded system is provided. The invention includes detaching the non-volatile memory from all expectable non-volatile memory references, creating a temporary, volatile-memory file system for allocation of volatile memory space as needed for the non-volatile memory update process, copying all procedural code required to perform the non-volatile memory update into the volatile memory, changing the system search path definitions temporarily to point to the volatile memory, and performing the non-volatile memory update.

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