SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHECKING FIRMWARE DEFINITION FILE

• US 20100318854A1
• Filed: 04/16/2010
• Published: 12/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Original Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Inventors: CHEN, Chung-Nan
• Application Number:
  US12/761,414
• Publication Number:
  US 20100318854A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 714/38
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3604 Software analysis for verifying properties of programs byte-code verification G06F9/44589

Abstract

A system and a method for checking a firmware definition file are provided. The system includes a software control side and a plurality of hardware signal sides. The software control side has a firmware definition file, and generates a plurality of simulating signals in accordance with the firmware definition file. The hardware signal sides receive the simulating signals respectively so as to generate a plurality of feedback signals fed to the software control side. The software control side establishes an event log in accordance with the feedback signals, and uses the event log to check if the firmware definition file is correct.

Claims

1. A system for checking a firmware definition file, comprising:

a software control side having the firmware definition file, wherein the software control side generates a plurality of simulating signals in accordance with the firmware definition file; and

a plurality of hardware signal sides receiving the simulating signals respectively so as to generate a plurality of feedback signals fed to the software control side;

wherein the software control side establishes an event log in accordance with the feedback signals, and uses the event log to check if the firmware definition file is correct.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hardware signal sides comprises a temperature sensor.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hardware signal sides comprises a clock sensor of an operation chip.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hardware signal sides comprises a fan speed sensor.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hardware signal sides comprises a voltage sensor.

6. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hardware signal side is a current sensor.

7. A method for checking a firmware definition file, comprising:

reading the firmware definition file from a software control side, and

generating a plurality of simulating signals in accordance with the firmware definition file;

actually detecting a plurality of connection ports by the software control side, wherein the connection ports are corresponding to a plurality of hardware signal sides;

sending the simulating signals to the hardware signal sides from the software control side via the connection ports;

obtaining a plurality of feedback signals from the hardware signal sides, establishing an event log by using the feedback signals; and

comparing the event log with the feedback signals for checking the firmware definition file.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the step of comparing the event log with the feedback signals for checking the firmware definition file further comprises:

checking if a total number of events in the event log is equal to a defined number listed in the firmware definition file.

9. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the step of comparing the event log with the feedback signals for checking the firmware definition file further comprises:

checking if an event content recorded in the event log matches with a defined content listed in the firmware definition file.

10. A method for checking a firmware definition file, comprising:

reading the firmware definition file from a software control side;

actually detecting a plurality of connection ports by the software control side, wherein the connection ports are corresponding to a plurality of hardware signal sides;

checking if the number of the connection ports matches with a number defined in the firmware definition file;

sequentially sending a plurality of simulating signals to the hardware signal sides from the software control side via the connection ports when the number of the connection ports matches with the number defined in the firmware definition file;

confirm if the simulated signals have been sent successfully;

obtaining a plurality of feedback signals from the hardware signal sides when the simulated signals have been sent successfully;

establishing an event log by using the feedback signals;

comparing the event log with the feedback signals for checking the firmware definition file;

checking if a total number of events in the event log is equal to a defined number listed in the firmware definition file; and

checking if an event content recorded in the event log matches with a defined content listed in the firmware definition file when the total number of events in the event log is equal to the defined number listed in the firmware definition file, wherein the firmware definition file is correct when the event content recorded in the event log matches with the defined content listed in the firmware definition file.