Patent ID: 11934527
Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 12:
13. A device for initiating an engine control system of an aircraft, the device comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more non-transitory memory modules communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and storing machine-readable instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform at least the following:
authenticate a first stage boot loader;
execute the first stage boot loader in response to authentication of the first stage boot loader by:
determining whether the engine control system is in a memory loader mode based on whether the engine control system is connected to a memory loader;
upon determination that the engine control system is not in the memory loader mode:
authenticating a second stage boot loader; and
executing the second stage boot loader in response to authentication of the second stage boot loader, wherein executing the second stage boot loader comprises:
 loading an operating system, a first set of machine-readable instructions, and first configuration information associated with the first set of machine-readable instructions onto a non-transitory computer-readable medium, wherein the first set of machine-readable instructions and the first configuration information are associated with one or more priority partitions;
 authenticating the operating system and the first set of machine-readable instructions; and
 executing the first set of machine-readable instructions in response to authentication of the operating system and the first set of machine-readable instructions.