BOOT online upgrading device and method

Abstract

The disclosure discloses a BOOT online upgrading device. The device includes: a logical gating unit, at least two embedded Central Processing Units (CPUs) and OOT memories each corresponding to respective CPUs are connected to the logical gating unit through access buses; each embedded CPU includes BOOT upgrading drive modules for all the BOOT memories, and the BOOT upgrading drive modules are configured to execute BOOT version updating on the BOOT memories; and the logical gating unit is configured to provide an access channel from any embedded CPU to any BOOT memory. Correspondingly, the disclosure also discloses a BOOT online upgrading method. The problem of BOOT online upgrading failure or incapability of normal starting despite of successful upgrading is solved, BOOT online upgrading reliability is improved, and BOOT upgrading risk and later maintenance cost are reduced.

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