Device operation method, firmware management method and firmware management system
AssigneeHangzhou Alicloud Feitian Information Technology Co., Ltd.
InventorsYuewu LI, Baosheng WANG
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Abstract
A device operation method, a firmware management method and a firmware management system are disclosed. First firmware data to be loaded by a chip of a first device is acquired from a second device associated with the first device. And the first firmware data is loaded to the chip without going through a local nonvolatile memory of the first device. Therefore, it is not necessary to install the nonvolatile memory such as a flash on the mainboard of the device to store the firmware, and it is also not necessary to install a security chip for verifying the firmware, thus greatly reducing cost of the device.
Claims21
A device operation method applied for execution by a first device, the method comprising:
- acquiring, from a second device associated with the first device, first firmware data required to be loaded by a chip of the first device;
- and
- loading the first firmware data into the chip without going through a local nonvolatile memory of the first device.
A firmware management method applied for execution by a second device associated with a first device, the method comprising:
- determining whether first firmware data corresponding to a firmware request exists in the second device in response to receiving the firmware request sent by the first device;
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- acquiring the first firmware data from a firmware resource pool located in a cloud if the first firmware data corresponding to the firmware request does not exist in the second device, and sending acquired first firmware data to the first device.
A server firmware management system, comprising:
- an access device connected with a server;
- a firmware resource pool;
- and
- a firmware management platform,
- wherein the access device is respectively connected with the firmware resource pool and the firmware management platform,
- the firmware management platform customizes at least one of a version or a parameter of a firmware for the server and sends customization information to the access device,
- the access device acquires firmware data consistent with at least one of the version or the parameter characterized by the customization information from the firmware resource pool according to the customization information, and sends acquired firmware data to the server, so that the server loads the firmware data into a chip without going through a local nonvolatile memory.
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