Method for starting-up a device with an embedded multimedia card (eMMC)

A device, comprising:

• an embedded multimedia card (eMMC);
• and
• a memory,
• wherein a set of controller executable code is stored in the memory, and the set of controller executable code is executed by an eMMC controller to perform operations comprising:
• providing power to the device;
• putting the eMMC in a Fast-Boot modus for a first duration;
• reading a bootloader from the eMMC from a first boot area into the memory of the device during the Fast-Boot for the first duration of the eMMC;
• starting the bootloader in a CPU of the device;
• terminating the Fast-Boot modus after the first duration in response to starting the bootloader;
• resetting the eMMC after the terminating;
• putting the eMMC in the Fast-Boot modus for a second duration after the resetting the eMMC;
• initializing hardware by the bootloader, while reading an operating system into the memory from a second boot area and/or a main data area using Direct Memory Access (DMA);
• and
• starting the operating system from the memory by the bootloader.

A device installed in a vehicle, the device comprising:

• an embedded multimedia card (eMMC);
• and
• a memory,
• wherein a set of controller executable code is stored in the memory, and the set of controller executable code is executed by an eMMC controller to perform operations comprising:
• providing power to the device;
• putting the eMMC in a Fast-Boot modus for a first duration;
• reading a bootloader from the eMMC from a first boot area into the memory of the device during the Fast-Boot for the first duration of the eMMC;
• starting the bootloader in a CPU of the device;
• terminating the Fast-Boot modus after the first duration in response to starting the bootloader;
• resetting the eMMC after the terminating;
• putting the eMMC in the Fast-Boot modus for a second duration after the resetting the eMMC;
• initializing hardware by the bootloader, while reading an operating system into the memory from a second boot area and/or a main data area using Direct Memory Access (DMA);
• and
• starting the operating system from the memory by the bootloader.