System and method for booting up a computer based on data captured in a non-volatile semiconductor memory during a learn mode

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9195472-B2
Application number	US-201313857216-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 5, 2013
Priority date	Sep 24, 2008
Publication date	Nov 24, 2015
Grant date	Nov 24, 2015

Abstract

A system includes a timer and a control module. The control module: in response to a first request for first data, determines whether the first data is stored in a non-volatile semiconductor memory (NVSM); in response to the first data not being stored in the NVSM, (i) loads the first data from a hard disk drive (HDD) and boots up a computer a first time based on the first data, and (ii) while operating in a learn mode and while loading the first data from the HDD, captures a portion of the first data in the NVSM; in response to the timer indicating an end of a period during which the computer is booted up the first time, ceases the capturing of the first data; and based on the portion of the first data captured in the NVSM during the learn mode, boots up the computer a second time.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a first interface configured to access a hard disk drive;
a second interface configured to access a non-volatile semiconductor memory, wherein the non-volatile semiconductor memory is separate from the hard disk drive;
a timer configured to indicate an end of a period during which a computer is booted up; and
a control module comprising a first circuit, a first processor, or a second memory, the control module configured to
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Assignees

• Marvell World Trade Ltd

Inventors

• Zhao Qun
• Kang Xinhai

Classifications

• G06F9/4406

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F9/441 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F9/4401 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic