Method of loading information into a slave processor in a multi-processor system using an operating-system-friendly boot loader
US7356680B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 22, 2005 |
| Grant date | Apr 8, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 19, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/4406
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A conventional bootloader can conflict with the operating system (OS) of a multi-processor system. An OS-friendly bootloader and methods are described that integrate an OS with a bootloader in any system in which a host processor and a client processor have a communication mechanism that requires the OS for the mechanism to work and the client has two memory systems: one visible to both host and client and one visible only to the client.
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