INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND A FIRMWARE UPDATING METHOD OF THE INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE
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1. An information processing device comprises:
- a plurality of processing units, each having a hardware resource including an arithmetic processing unit and a storage unit; and
a system control unit that controls the plurality of processing units,wherein each of the processing units has a pair of memory areas that store a firmware program controlling the hardware resource,the system control unit transmits an update firmware program received from an external device to each of the processing units,and each of the processing units writes the update firmware program to one memory area not used for the operation out of the pair of memory areas.
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Abstract
An information processing device which is separated a plurality of partitions updates a firmware program in each partition. A management unit monitors the partition in operation and receives the firmware program from an external device and transmits the firmware program to each of the partition. Each partition writes and updates the firmware program in one memory area which is not used in operation out of a pair of memory area to perform an update of the firmware without stopping the operation of the partition.
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1. An information processing device comprises:
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a plurality of processing units, each having a hardware resource including an arithmetic processing unit and a storage unit; and a system control unit that controls the plurality of processing units, wherein each of the processing units has a pair of memory areas that store a firmware program controlling the hardware resource, the system control unit transmits an update firmware program received from an external device to each of the processing units, and each of the processing units writes the update firmware program to one memory area not used for the operation out of the pair of memory areas. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A firmware updating method of an information processing device having a plurality of processing units including an arithmetic processing unit and a storage unit and a system control unit that controls the plurality of processing units, the method comprising:
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receiving an update firmware program from an external device by the system control unit; transmitting the update firmware program to each of the processing units from the system control unit; and writing the update firmware program to one memory area not used for an operation out of a pair of memory areas of the processing unit for storing a firmware program that manages the hardware resource by the processing unit. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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