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US 2003/0159025 A1Published application
Run-time compression/decompression of a boot image
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorScott P. Dubal
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and signal-bearing medium for compressing a boot ROM image into a network adapter's boot ROM and then decompressing the boot ROM image into the memory of an electronic device before executing it. In addition to the compressed boot ROM image, the boot ROM may also contain a decompressor for decompressing the boot ROM image and a loader for loading the decompressor.
Claims24
A method comprising:
- receiving a boot image from a server via a network;
- creating a compressed boot image from the boot image;
- and
- programming the compressed boot image into a boot ROM of a network adapter.
1 more element
A method comprising:
- detecting a boot ROM in a network adapter;
- finding a loader in the boot ROM;
- loading a decompressor via the loader;
- and
- decompressing a boot image from the boot ROM into a decompressed boot image via the decompressor.
2 more elements
A signal-bearing medium bearing instructions, which when read and executed comprise:
- detecting a boot ROM in a network adapter;
- finding a loader via a header in the boot ROM;
- finding a decompressor via the header;
- finding a first binary image via the header;
- and
- decompressing the first binary image into an second binary image in memory of an electronic device.
3 more elements
A network adapter comprising:
- a boot ROM including:
- a boot image;
- a decompressor to decompress the boot image;
- a loader to load the decompressor;
- and
- a header to indicate a location of the boot image.
3 more elements
An electronic device comprising:
- a processor;
- a network adapter comprising a boot ROM;
- and
- a storage device comprising a utility program that when executed on the processor is to compress a boot image into a compressed boot image and program the compressed boot image into the boot ROM.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.