Patent ID: 6601163
Filing Date: 2003-07-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for configuring a data processing system that contains one or more first nonvolatile memories, one or more second nonvolatile memories, and processing resources that support at least first and second operating modes, said method comprising:activating said first operating mode; finding, within said one or more second nonvolatile memories, one or more secondary configuration routines that utilize said second operating mode; storing a list that identifies said one or more secondary configuration routines; locating, within said one or more first nonvolatile memories, one or more primary configuration routines that utilize said first operating mode; executing said one or more primary configuration routines; demarcating at least one of said one or more secondary configuration routines that do not correspond to any of said one or more primary configuration routines; swapping from said first operating mode into said second operating mode only after said steps of finding, storing, locating, executing, and demarcating; and thereafter, executing said demarcated secondary configuration routines.