Patent ID: 6842790
Filing Date: 2005-01-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computerized device adapted to load a netboot code image into at least one respective computerized device communicably coupleable thereto, comprising: a processor; a first memory communicably coupled to the processor; a first register containing a predetermined code size value of the netboot code image; and at least one buffer readable by at least one second computerized device communicably coupled thereto, the second computerized device having an associated second memory, wherein the processor is operative to receive a read address corresponding to the netboot code image from the second computerized device, to determine whether the read address is within an address range between a first base address associated with the second memory and the first base address plus the predetermined code size value, the first base address being mapped to a base physical address identifying a physical address location within the first memory, and in the event the read address is within the address range, to determine an offset between the read address and the first base address, to locate within the first memory a target address specified by the base physical address plus the offset to identify a target memory location at which the netboot code image is stored, and to transfer the netboot code image stored at the target memory location to the buffer readable by the second computerized device.