CN101593120A - Be with outer upgrade method and system - Google Patents

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CN101593120A
CN101593120A CNA2009100879821A CN200910087982A CN101593120A CN 101593120 A CN101593120 A CN 101593120A CN A2009100879821 A CNA2009100879821 A CN A2009100879821A CN 200910087982 A CN200910087982 A CN 200910087982A CN 101593120 A CN101593120 A CN 101593120A
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The embodiment of the invention discloses outer upgrade method of a kind of band and system, wherein, be with outer upgrade method to comprise: the firmware chip is switched on the firmware upgrade controller by isolating change-over circuit; By described firmware upgrade controller described firmware chip is upgraded.Be with outer upgrade-system to comprise South Bridge chip and firmware chip, also comprise: isolate change-over circuit, be used for described firmware chip is switched to the firmware upgrade controller; Described firmware upgrade controller is used for described firmware chip is upgraded.The embodiment of the invention need not to enter the upgrading that operating system just can be finished the firmware chip for the firmware chip provides the outer upgrading channel of band efficiently, has made things convenient for the upgrading to the firmware chip, has improved the firmware chip reliability.

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Be with outer upgrade method and system
Technical field
The present invention relates to the HardwareUpgring technology, relate in particular to outer upgrade method of a kind of band and system.
Background technology
Basic Input or Output System (BIOS) (Basic Input/Output System; Hereinafter to be referred as: BIOS) be a ROM (read-only memory) (Read-Only Memory who is cured on the computer motherboard; Hereinafter to be referred as: the ROM) batch processing in the chip, it is as the hinge that is communicated with between software program and the hardware device, preserve program, system's configuration information, startup power on self detection program and the system start-up bootstrap routine of the most important basic input and output of computing machine, for computing machine provides the most direct hardware setting of lowermost level and control.
Because BIOS chip in the market adopts Flash ROM usually, can realize the upgrading of BIOS by specific write-in program, can freely obtain new function by upgrading BIOS, for example can support central processing unit (the Central Processing Unit of new frequency and newtype; Hereinafter to be referred as: CPU), obtain new Starting mode, open conductively-closed function, discern other new hardware etc.; Simultaneously can also revise known procedure defective (BUG), as restart without reason, often crash, system effectiveness is low, device conflict, hardware device " are lost " without reason etc., after manufacturer finds these BUG, release redaction BIOS and solve all kinds of BUG.Yet also there is certain danger in the escalation process of BIOS, when situations such as abnormal power-down occurring in escalation process, causes equipment normally to restart, the problem that BIOS also can't upgrade again.In order to address this problem, server of the prior art and computing machine are gone up the method for designing that adopts two BIOS substantially, promptly when a BIOS lost efficacy, can automatically switch to back-up BIOS and start, and increase the reliability of BIOS upgrading.
Yet, the inventor is in realizing process of the present invention, find to exist at least in the prior art following defective: 1) when two BIOS of appearance all damage the situation of inefficacy, still can occur because the problem that BIOS is unavailable, equipment can't normally be restarted that causes unusually of upgrading, and can't repair equipment; 2) the upgrading loading procedure of BIOS need be finished under operating system in the prior art, can't accomplish to be with outer upgrading.
Summary of the invention
The purpose of the embodiment of the invention is to provide outer upgrade method of a kind of band and system, for the firmware chip provides the outer upgrading channel of band efficiently, need not to enter the upgrading that operating system just can be finished the firmware chip, convenient upgrading to the firmware chip improves the firmware chip reliability.
To achieve these goals, the embodiment of the invention provides a kind of band outer upgrade method, comprising:
Utilize the isolation change-over circuit that the firmware chip is switched to the firmware upgrade controller;
By described firmware upgrade controller described firmware chip is upgraded.
The embodiment of the invention provides a kind of band outer upgrade-system, comprises South Bridge chip and firmware chip, also comprises:
Isolate change-over circuit, be used for described firmware chip is switched to the firmware upgrade controller;
Described firmware upgrade controller is used for described firmware chip is upgraded.
Outer upgrade method of a kind of band and system that the embodiment of the invention provides, by isolating change-over circuit the firmware chip is switched on the firmware upgrade controller, for the firmware chip provides the outer upgrading channel of band efficiently, need not to enter the upgrading that operating system just can be finished the firmware chip, made things convenient for upgrading to the firmware chip, can avoid the problem that the firmware chip is unavailable, equipment can't normally be restarted to a certain extent, improve the firmware chip reliability because of occurring in the escalation process causing unusually.
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In order to be illustrated more clearly in the technical scheme of the embodiment of the invention, to do to introduce simply to the accompanying drawing of required use among the embodiment below, apparently, accompanying drawing in describing below only is some embodiments of the present invention, for those of ordinary skills, under the prerequisite of not paying creative work, can also obtain other accompanying drawing according to these accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is the process flow diagram of outer upgrade method one embodiment of band of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the process flow diagram of outer another embodiment of upgrade method of band of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the structural drawing of the outer upgrade-system embodiment of band of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is the concrete structure figure of the outer upgrade-system embodiment of band of the present invention;
Fig. 5 is another concrete structure figure of the outer upgrade-system embodiment of band of the present invention;
Fig. 6 is the another concrete structure figure of the outer upgrade-system embodiment of band of the present invention.
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Below in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in the embodiment of the invention, the technical scheme in the embodiment of the invention is clearly and completely described, obviously, described embodiment only is the present invention's part embodiment, rather than whole embodiment.Based on the embodiment among the present invention, those of ordinary skills belong to the scope of protection of the invention not making the every other embodiment that is obtained under the creative work prerequisite.
Below by drawings and Examples, technical scheme of the present invention is described in further detail.
Fig. 1 is the process flow diagram of outer upgrade method one embodiment of band of the present invention, and as shown in Figure 1, present embodiment provides a kind of band outer upgrade method, specifically comprises the steps:
Step 101 switches to the firmware upgrade controller by isolating change-over circuit with the firmware chip;
Step 102 is upgraded to the firmware chip by the firmware upgrade controller.
In the upgrade method, by an isolation change-over circuit firmware chip is switched earlier outside the band that present embodiment provides, firmware chip carry is on South Bridge chip, and this isolation change-over circuit switches to this firmware chip on the firmware upgrade controller.Firmware chip carry just can replace operating system by this firmware upgrade controller under the bus of firmware upgrade controller, finish the upgrading to this firmware chip, and do not need to enter operating system.
Present embodiment provides a kind of band outer upgrade method, by isolating change-over circuit the firmware chip is switched on the firmware upgrade controller, network interface and serial ports by the firmware upgrade controller download to ROMPaq in the storer, and then be loaded in the firmware chip, just the band that can realize this firmware chip is upgraded outward, for the firmware chip provides the outer upgrading channel of band efficiently, need not to enter the upgrading that operating system just can be finished the firmware chip, made things convenient for upgrading to the firmware chip, can avoid unavailable to a certain extent because of occurring the unusual firmware chip that causes in the escalation process, the problem that equipment can't normally be restarted has improved the firmware chip reliability.
Fig. 2 is the process flow diagram of outer another embodiment of upgrade method of band of the present invention, and as shown in Figure 2, present embodiment provides a kind of band outer upgrade method, specifically comprises the steps:
Step 201 is switched the firmware chip by isolating change-over circuit, and the firmware chip is switched on the firmware upgrade controller.
In the upgrade method, by an isolation change-over circuit firmware chip is switched earlier outside the band that present embodiment provides, firmware chip carry is on South Bridge chip, and this isolation change-over circuit switches to this firmware chip on the firmware upgrade controller.Wherein, the firmware chip can be specially the BIOS chip, also can be other the chip on the mainboard of being applied to.An interface carry of firmware chip of the prior art links to each other with operating system by South Bridge chip under South Bridge chip, need could realize the loading of the ROMPaq of this firmware chip by entering operating system, so that this firmware chip is upgraded.This step is then switched the firmware chip of carry under South Bridge chip, by isolating change-over circuit it is switched on the firmware upgrade controller.This firmware upgrade controller is used for replacing operating system, finishes the upgrading to the firmware chip, and when the firmware chip was specially the BIOS chip, this firmware upgrade controller can be specially Baseboard Management Controller (baseboard management controller; Hereinafter to be referred as: BMC); When the firmware chip is other chips that are applied on the mainboard, can select the firmware upgrade controller according to actual conditions, can be long-range mainboard controller as the firmware upgrade controller.
Step 202 by the ROMPaq of firmware upgrade controller download firmware chip correspondence, is upgraded to the firmware chip.
After the firmware chip was switched to the firmware upgrade controller, firmware chip carry just can replace operating system by this firmware upgrade controller under the bus of firmware upgrade controller, finish the upgrading to this firmware chip, and do not need to enter operating system.Network interface and serial ports by the firmware upgrade controller, the ROMPaq of download firmware chip correspondence, this ROMPaq is downloaded in the storer of this firmware upgrade controller, when the firmware chip is upgraded, the ROMPaq that will be stored in again in the storer is loaded in the firmware chip, realizes the band of firmware chip is upgraded outward.
In the above-described embodiments, the firmware chip can be specially the BIOS chip, and the firmware upgrade controller can be specially BMC, then above-mentioned steps 102 can specifically comprise the steps: at first, static RAM (the Static Random AccessMemory that network interface and the serial ports by BMC downloads to ROMPaq BMC; Hereinafter to be referred as: SRAM), the BIOS chip is switched under the bus of BMC by isolating change-over circuit, can pass through the ROMPaq of online this BIOS of download of network interface of BMC then, perhaps from other equipment, download the ROMPaq of this BIOS, and the ROMPaq of downloading directly is saved among the SRAM of BMC by the serial ports of BMC.Secondly, ROMPaq is loaded in the BIOS chip by SRAM, when BIOS is upgraded, directly ROMPaq is loaded among the BIOS of carry under the BMC bus, promptly need not to enter operating system and just can get access to corresponding ROMPaq by SRAM.Once more, by ROMPaq the BIOS chip is upgraded, the BIOS chip is loaded into the normal upgrading that can realize this BIOS chip after the ROMPaq.
In the present embodiment, the upgrading of BIOS chip does not need to enter operating system, just can download and get access to corresponding ROMPaq by BMC, the conveniently upgrading channel that provides by present embodiment, can realize that the band of BIOS chip upgrades outward, easily the BIOS chip is upgraded, and need not to be confined to operating system.And in escalation process, if exception error, as situations such as abnormal power-down, cause the BIOS chip to damage when losing efficacy, owing to do not relate to operating system in the escalation process, therefore can not cause equipment to occur restarting situation about waiting, even and the damage of BIOS chip, can also reload ROMPaq by the outer upgrade method of this band, the processing that this BIOS chip is repaired etc.Therefore, the outer upgrade method of the band that present embodiment provides can improve the reliability of BIOS, realizes the upgrading to BIOS.
Further, in the above-described embodiments, the interface of BIOS chip can be low pin count amount (Low PinCount; Hereinafter to be referred as: LPC) bus or Serial Peripheral Interface (Serial PeripheralInterface; Hereinafter to be referred as: SPI) bus or local bus (Local Bus).The BIOS chip can be Firmware Hub (the Firmware Hub of lpc bus interface; Hereinafter to be referred as: FWH) chip, also can be flash memory (FLASH) chip of spi bus interface, can also be the general FLASH chip of Local Bus interface.When the BIOS chip is the general FLASH chip of Local Bus interface, isolates change-over circuit and can comprise CPLD (Complex Programmable Logic Device; Hereinafter to be referred as: CPLD) and buffer circuit, wherein, finish protocol conversion and the bus of lpc bus and Local Bus isolates by CPLD, by buffer circuit general FLASH chip is switched again, general FLASH chip is switched under the Local Bus of BMC, network interface and serial ports by the BMC expansion, the ROMPaq of general FLASH chip is downloaded among the SRAM of BMC, by SRAM ROMPaq is loaded in the general FLASH chip then, realizes that the band of general FLASH chip is upgraded outward.And because the capacity of FLASH chip is relatively large, can be in a chip integrated a plurality of general FLASH chips, realize the band of a plurality of general FLASH chips is upgraded outward.When the BIOS chip is the FWH chip of lpc bus interface, this FWH chip passes through an isolation change-over circuit carry under South Bridge chip, by this isolation change-over circuit this FWH chip is switched under the lpc bus of BMC, pass through network interface and the serial ports of BMC then, the ROMPaq of FWH chip is downloaded among the SRAM of BMC, by SRAM ROMPaq is loaded in the FWH chip then, realizes that the band of FWH chip is upgraded outward.When the BIOS chip is the FLASH chip of spi bus interface, this FLASH chip switches to this FLASH chip under the spi bus of BMC by this isolation change-over circuit, pass through network interface and the serial ports of BMC then, the ROMPaq of FLASH chip is downloaded among the SRAM of BMC, by SRAM ROMPaq is loaded in the FLASH chip then, realizes that the band of FLASH chip is upgraded outward.
Present embodiment provides a kind of band outer upgrade method, by isolating change-over circuit the firmware chip is switched on the firmware upgrade controller, network interface and serial ports by the firmware upgrade controller download to ROMPaq in the storer, and then be loaded in the firmware chip, just the band that can realize this firmware chip is upgraded outward, for the firmware chip provides the outer upgrading channel of band efficiently, need not to enter the upgrading that operating system just can be finished the firmware chip, made things convenient for upgrading to the firmware chip, can avoid unavailable to a certain extent because of occurring the unusual firmware chip that causes in the escalation process, the problem that equipment can't normally be restarted has improved the firmware chip reliability.
Fig. 3 is the structural drawing of the outer upgrade-system embodiment of band of the present invention, as shown in Figure 3, present embodiment provides a kind of band outer upgrade-system, the outer upgrade-system of this band comprises South Bridge chip 1 and firmware chip 2, these firmware chip 2 carries are on South Bridge chip 1, in addition, the outer upgrade-system of this band also comprises isolation change-over circuit 3 and firmware upgrade controller 4.Wherein, firmware chip 2 can be specially the BIOS chip, also can be other the chip on the mainboard of being applied to.An interface carry of firmware chip of the prior art links to each other with operating system by South Bridge chip 1 under South Bridge chip, need could realize the loading of the ROMPaq of this firmware chip by entering operating system, so that this firmware chip 2 is upgraded.Wherein, isolating change-over circuit 3 is used for the firmware chip 2 of carry under South Bridge chip 1 switched to firmware upgrade controller 4; Firmware upgrade controller 4 is used for firmware chip 2 is upgraded.Present embodiment then switches the firmware chip 2 of carry under South Bridge chip 1, by isolating change-over circuit 3 it is switched on the firmware upgrade controller 4.Firmware upgrade controller 4 is used for replacing operating system, finishes the upgrading to firmware chip 2, and when firmware chip 2 was specially the BIOS chip, this firmware upgrade controller 4 can be specially BMC; When firmware chip 2 is other chips that are applied on the mainboard, can select the firmware upgrade controller according to actual conditions, can be long-range mainboard controller as firmware upgrade controller 4.After firmware chip 2 is switched to firmware upgrade controller 4, firmware chip 2 carries are under the bus of firmware upgrade controller 4, just can replace operating system by this firmware upgrade controller 4, finish upgrading, and do not need to enter operating system this firmware chip 2.
Particularly, firmware chip 2 can be the BIOS chip, when the firmware chip is specially the BIOS chip, firmware upgrade controller 4 is BMC, this firmware upgrade controller 4, be that Baseboard Management Controller can comprise network interface, serial ports and static RAM, can also specifically comprise download module 41, load-on module 42 and upgrading module 43.Wherein, download module 41 is used for by network interface and serial ports ROMPaq being downloaded to SRAM; Load-on module 42 is used for the ROMPaq that download module 41 is downloaded is loaded into the BIOS chip by SRAM; Upgrading module 43 is used for by ROMPaq the BIOS chip being upgraded.Network interface and serial ports by BMC downloads to ROMPaq among the SRAM of BMC earlier, again by isolating after change-over circuit 3 switches to the BIOS chip under the bus of BMC, can be by the ROMPaq of download module 41 by online this BIOS of download of network interface of BMC, perhaps the serial ports that passes through BMC by download module 41 transmits the ROMPaq of this BIOS from other equipment, and by load-on module 42 ROMPaq of downloading directly is saved among the SRAM of BMC.The BIOS chip is upgraded by ROMPaq by upgrading module 43 then, the BIOS chip is loaded into the normal upgrading that can realize this BIOS chip after the ROMPaq.
Further, when the interface of BIOS chip is a local bus, and the type of BIOS chip is when being flash chip, and this isolation change-over circuit 3 can comprise CPLD and buffer circuit.Wherein, CPLD is used for Local Bus is isolated; Buffer circuit is used for flash chip is switched to BMC.Wherein, CPLD is finished protocol conversion and the bus of lpc bus and Local Bus and is isolated, buffer circuit switches flash chip, flash chip is switched under the Local Bus of BMC, network interface and serial ports by the BMC expansion, the ROMPaq of flash chip is downloaded among the SRAM of BMC, by SRAM ROMPaq is loaded in the flash chip then, realize that the band of flash chip is upgraded outward.
Present embodiment provides a kind of band outer upgrade-system, by isolating change-over circuit 3 and firmware upgrade controller 4, firmware chip 2 is switched on the firmware upgrade controller 4, network interface and serial ports by firmware upgrade controller 4 download to ROMPaq in the storer, and then be loaded in the firmware chip 2, just the band that can realize this firmware chip is upgraded outward, for the firmware chip provides the outer upgrading channel of band efficiently, need not to enter the upgrading that operating system just can be finished the firmware chip, made things convenient for upgrading to the firmware chip, can avoid unavailable to a certain extent because of occurring the unusual firmware chip that causes in the escalation process, the problem that equipment can't normally be restarted has improved the firmware chip reliability.
In the above-described embodiments, the interface of BIOS chip can be lpc bus or spi bus or LocalBus.The BIOS chip can be the FWH chip of lpc bus interface, also can be the FLASH chip of spi bus interface, can also be the general FLASH chip of Local Bus interface.Particularly, Fig. 4 is the concrete structure figure of the outer upgrade-system embodiment of band of the present invention, and as shown in Figure 4, the BIOS chip is the general FLASH chip of LocalBus interface, isolates change-over circuit and can comprise multiple CPLD and buffer circuit.Wherein, finish protocol conversion and the bus of lpc bus and Local Bus isolates by CPLD, by buffer circuit general FLASH chip is switched again, general FLASH chip is switched under the LocalBus of BMC, network interface and serial ports by the BMC expansion, the ROMPaq of general FLASH chip is downloaded among the SRAM of BMC, by SRAM ROMPaq is loaded in the general FLASH chip then, realize that the band of general FLASH chip is upgraded outward.Fig. 5 is another concrete structure figure of the outer upgrade-system embodiment of band of the present invention, and as shown in Figure 5, the BIOS chip is the FWH chip of lpc bus interface.This FWH chip passes through an isolation change-over circuit carry under South Bridge chip, by this isolation change-over circuit this FWH chip is switched under the lpc bus of BMC, pass through network interface and the serial ports of BMC then, the ROMPaq of FWH chip is downloaded among the SRAM of BMC, by SRAM ROMPaq is loaded in the FWH chip then, realizes that the band of FWH chip is upgraded outward.Fig. 6 is the another concrete structure figure of the outer upgrade-system embodiment of band of the present invention, and as shown in Figure 6, the BIOS chip is the FLASH chip of spi bus interface.This FLASH chip switches to this FLASH chip under the spi bus of BMC by this isolation change-over circuit, pass through network interface and the serial ports of BMC then, the ROMPaq of FLASH chip is downloaded among the SRAM of BMC, by SRAM ROMPaq is loaded in the FLASH chip then, realizes that the band of FLASH chip is upgraded outward.
One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or part of step in the whole bag of tricks of the foregoing description is to instruct relevant hardware to finish by program, this program can be stored in the computer-readable recording medium, storage medium can comprise: ROM (read-only memory) (ROM, Read Only Memory), random access memory (RAM, Random Access Memory), disk or CD etc.
It should be noted that at last: above embodiment only in order to technical scheme of the present invention to be described, is not intended to limit; Although with reference to previous embodiment the present invention is had been described in detail, those of ordinary skill in the art is to be understood that: it still can be made amendment to the technical scheme that previous embodiment is put down in writing, and perhaps part technical characterictic wherein is equal to replacement; And these modifications or replacement do not make the essence of appropriate technical solution break away from the spirit and scope of embodiment of the invention technical scheme.

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1, the outer upgrade method of a kind of band is characterized in that, comprising:
By isolating change-over circuit the firmware chip is switched to the firmware upgrade controller;
By described firmware upgrade controller described firmware chip is upgraded.
2, method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described firmware chip is basic I/O chip, and described firmware upgrade controller is a Baseboard Management Controller, and described described firmware chip the upgrading by described firmware upgrade controller comprises:
Network interface and serial ports by described Baseboard Management Controller download to ROMPaq in the static RAM of described Baseboard Management Controller;
By described static RAM described ROMPaq is loaded in the described basic I/O chip;
By described ROMPaq described basic I/O chip is upgraded.
3, method according to claim 2 is characterized in that, the interface of described basic I/O chip is low pin count amount bus or serial peripheral equipment interface bus or local bus.
4, method according to claim 3, it is characterized in that, the interface of described basic I/O chip is described local bus, described basic I/O chip is a flash chip, but described isolation change-over circuit comprises complexity editorial logic device and buffer circuit, describedly the firmware chip is switched to the firmware upgrade controller comprises by isolating change-over circuit:
By described CPLD described local bus is isolated, described flash chip is switched to Baseboard Management Controller by described buffer circuit.
5, the outer upgrade-system of a kind of band comprises the firmware chip, it is characterized in that, comprising:
Isolate change-over circuit, be used for described firmware chip is switched to the firmware upgrade controller;
Described firmware upgrade controller is used for described firmware chip is upgraded.
6, system according to claim 5, it is characterized in that described firmware chip is basic I/O chip, described firmware upgrade controller is a Baseboard Management Controller, described Baseboard Management Controller comprises network interface, serial ports and static RAM, also comprises:
Download module is used for by described network interface and serial ports ROMPaq being downloaded to described static RAM;
Load-on module is used for being loaded into described basic I/O chip by the described ROMPaq that described static RAM is downloaded described download module;
The upgrading module is used for by described ROMPaq described basic I/O chip being upgraded.
7, system according to claim 6 is characterized in that, the interface of described basic I/O chip is low pin count amount bus or serial peripheral equipment interface bus or local bus.
8, system according to claim 7 is characterized in that, the interface of described basic I/O chip is described local bus, and described basic I/O chip is a flash chip, and described isolation change-over circuit comprises:
CPLD is used for described local bus is isolated;
Buffer circuit is used for described flash chip is switched to Baseboard Management Controller.
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