Firmware update switching control method and non-transitory computer readable medium
AssigneeGetac Technology Corporation
InventorsShan-Fu SHIH, Hsueh Mao CHENG, Cheng-Chieh CHEN
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Abstract
A firmware update switching control method comprises connecting a main computer device to an expansion electronic device; switching a path of an inter-integrated circuit (I2C) bus; connecting a basic input/output system (BIOS) of the main computer device to a preset integrated circuit of the expansion electronic device through the path of the I2C bus; and updating a firmware of the preset integrated circuit through the BIOS.
Claims15
A firmware update switching control method, comprising:
- connecting a main computer device to an expansion electronic device;
- switching a path of an inter-integrated circuit (I2C) bus;
- connecting a basic input/output system (BIOS) of the main computer device to a preset integrated circuit of the expansion electronic device through the path of the I2C bus;
- and
- updating a firmware of the preset integrated circuit through the BIOS.
A non-transitory computer readable medium, storing a computer program for performing a firmware update switching control method, wherein the firmware update switching control method comprises:
- connecting a main computer device to an expansion electronic device;
- switching a path of an inter-integrated circuit (I2C) bus;
- isolating a first keyboard controller of the main computer device from a second keyboard controller of the expansion electronic device through the path of the I2C bus;
- and
- using a basic input/output system (BIOS) of the main computer device to update a firmware of a preset integrated circuit of the expansion electronic device through the I2C bus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.