CN101556549A - System and method for tracking and recording system configuration of electronic device - Google Patents
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The invention provides a system and a method for tracking and recording a system configuration of an electronic device, wherein the system contains a storage device and a microprocessor, and the microprocessor is used for checking whether a current system configuration of the electronic device is different from a first reference configuration, and writing the current system configuration into the storage device when the current system configuration is different from the first reference configuration.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to system maintenance mechanism, but especially relate to the system of the system configuration of a kind of track record electronic installation (for example computer installation).
Background technology
Owing to therefore host computer system might for the Maintenance Engineer, be understood the periphery plug record in user's past and can find the problem than more quickly because an incompatible peripherals causes dysfunction.Or, when not only slip-stick artist when different time keeps in repair same host computer system, system configuration before is a very important information for the slip-stick artist of catcher.Even, at this moment the installation version that need know this periphery of past is also arranged to make things convenient for error detection owing to certain peripheral correcting (new firmware for example is installed) causes the unusual of whole host computer system.
Existing many methods that can write down the configuration of host computer system and detect misarrangement in the known technology.Please refer to Fig. 1, Fig. 1 is the start process flow diagram of known computer systems.Behind the electric power starting (step 110), central processing unit (central processing unit, CPU) just from ROM (read-only memory) (read-only memory, ROM) or the start zone (start address is generally FFFF0h) of flash memory beginning reading command (basic input/output system, program code BIOS) is opened the start flow process so that carry out basic input/output.Next basic input/output can carry out selftest (the power-on self test after the start, POST) (step 120), at this moment system just can testing hardware periphery (as storer, display card, hard disk, PORT COM etc.) whether normally or whether exist, at last the result is presented at (if the display card of this moment is normal) on the screen; In addition, system also may produce error detecting code in this stage and be beneficial to misarrangement, similarly is that visible on the market motherboard misarrangement test card is to utilize this principle to read error-detecging code, with the convenient problem of understanding present hardware generation.If above-mentioned test is no problem, the start zone of startup disk just can be looked for by system, enters the start flow process of operating system, at last control is given operating system and is finished boot program (step 130).
In addition, for ease of the application program management on operating system and the upper strata hardware periphery under it, industry is formulated cover Desktop Management Interface (desktop management interface, a DMI) standard; The hardware peripheral information of system is stored in the storage area in the basic input/output according to this standard format, this storage area be commonly referred to as the management information format database (management informationformat database, MIFD).The user can read and write down these hardware peripheral information by application program.Known to those skilled in the art the knowing of details of relevant start flow process and Desktop Management Interface just repeats no more at this.
Although can learn the configuration of present system by above-mentioned these known technologies, yet the information of gained is limited, and the change (increase newly, replace or remove) of computer components in the equipment that has no way of finding out about it, therefore, need the course that a new system maintenance mechanism is come these peripherals changes of track record badly.
Summary of the invention
Therefore one of purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of System and method for of system configuration of track record electronic installation, to address the above problem.
One embodiment of the invention provide a kind of system of system configuration of track record one electronic installation, include: a storage device; And a microprocessor, be used to check that a present system configuration of this electronic installation is whether different with reference to configuration with one first, and differ from this first during with reference to configuration in this present system configuration, should write to this storage device by present system configuration.
The present invention also provides a kind of method of system configuration of track record one electronic installation accordingly when above-mentioned system is provided, include: whether a present system configuration of checking this electronic installation is different with reference to configuration with one first; And differ from this first during with reference to configuration in this present system configuration, store this present system configuration.
When the benefit of the embodiment of the invention is started shooting flow process for entering whenever computer installation, in case check when finding that present system configuration and last time stored system configuration are different, promptly automatically present system configuration is stored in (the desktop managementinterface of Desktop Management Interface in the basic input/output, DMI) in the region of data storage, owing to can store many system configuration, thus, just can learn the course of system configuration change from this system configuration storage area, with reference information as the maintenance personal.
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Fig. 1 is the start process flow diagram of known computer systems.
Fig. 2 is the function block schematic diagram of an embodiment of the system of the system configuration of track record electronic installation of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is the synoptic diagram of system configuration storage area shown in Figure 2.
Fig. 4 is the operation workflow figure of the method for embodiment of the invention track record system configuration.
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Please refer to Fig. 2 and Fig. 3.Figure 2 shows that the system 200 of the system configuration of track record one electronic installation of the present invention.In this embodiment, system 200 is applied to the system configuration of track record one computer installation 290, yet this as the example explanation, be not to be restrictive condition of the present invention, that is the mechanism of track record system configuration of the present invention is not limited to computer installation only.As described in Figure 1, the system 200 of the system configuration of track record computer installation 290 comprises a storage device and a microprocessor, wherein storage device does in fact with a nonvolatile memory (for example flash memory) 220, and microprocessor does in fact with a microprocessor 260, in addition, nonvolatile memory 220 all is arranged on the same motherboard with microprocessor 260.Store a basic input/output (basic input/output system, BIOS) 210 in the nonvolatile memory 220.At present embodiment, newly-increased one section newly-increased program code 230 in the basic input/output 210, so that the system configuration of track record computer installation 290 in the start process of computer installation 290, and when computer installation 290 enters the start flow process, microprocessor 260 except carry out general start flow process the instruction that must carry out, also can additionally carry out newly-increased program code 230 new system configuration is stored in management information format database (management information format database, MIFD) in the middle of the system configuration storage area 250 in 240, the detailed functions of newly-increased program code 230 will describe in detail in the back with operation.In the present embodiment, must record system configuration include the device information of (but being not limited to) motherboard and peripherals (peripherals 292,294 for example shown in Figure 2) thereof, as microprocessor 260, system storage (not shown), display card or the like.Fig. 3 then is the synoptic diagram of system configuration storage area 250; As shown in the figure, its saving format is a round-robin queue (circular queue), in the middle of a plurality of storage blocks (as block 10 to block 60) are arranged.
Please also refer to Fig. 2-4, Fig. 4 is the operation workflow figure of the system configuration of system's 200 track record computer installations 290 shown in Figure 2.Please note, if can obtain identical result, the performed step of the method for track record system configuration of the present invention does not limit and must carry out in regular turn in accordance with order shown in Figure 4, that is, flow process shown in Figure 4 as the usefulness of example explanation, is not to be used as restrictive condition of the present invention, in addition only, do not influencing under the technology of the present invention disclosure, flow process shown in Figure 4 only demonstrates the step relevant with the application.The running of track record system configuration of the present invention can briefly be summarized as follows:
Step 410: electric power starting;
Step 420: the selftest after the start (power-on self test, POST);
Step 430: check whether whether present system configuration identical with the system configuration that writes down before; If identical, then skip to step 450; Otherwise skip to step 440;
Step 440: present system configuration is stored in the system configuration storage area 250 in the management information format database 240; And
Step 450: control is given operating system and finished boot program.
With reference to figure 1 as can be known, the present invention has additionally carried out step 430 and step 440, the work that the extra newly-increased program code of carrying out 230 will carry out in a present start flow process of these two steps that is microprocessor 260.In step 430, microprocessor 260 is carried out system configuration that newly-increased program code 230 reads computer installation 290 at present and previous system configuration compares, for instance, the system configuration that reads at present of computer installation 290 can compare with the last system configuration that stores in the system configuration storage area 250 shown in Figure 3 (as the stored system configuration of block in the round-robin queue 310 60); If it is different, represent that then the user has the computer components (for example the user pulls out peripherals 292 or new peripherals is installed) that change in the computer installation 290, then according to present queue pointer position (as the block in the round-robin queue 310 50) pointed, microprocessor 260 performed newly-increased program codes 230 can be stored in present system configuration in the block 50 (step 440), with as next computer system power-on or when restarting, be used for carrying out the frame of reference configuration of the usefulness of system configuration comparison, again present queue pointer is moved to next and store block (as block 40), execution in step 450 then, and control is given operating system and finished this boot program; On the other hand,, microprocessor 260 judges that present system configuration is same as frame of reference configuration (for example stored system configuration of block 60 in the round-robin queue 310) if carrying out newly-increased program code 230, represent that then the computer components in the computer installation 290 do not have any change as yet, so need not to store present system configuration, and jump directly to step 450, give operating system with control.
Please note, in the foregoing description, the present invention is the microprocessor 260 by computer installation 290, by carrying out one section newly-increased program code 230 in the basic input/output 210, and according to Desktop Management Interface (desktop management interface, standard DMI) is stored in system configuration in the system configuration storage area 250 of management information format database 240 in the basic input/output 210; Yet this is an one embodiment of the present invention only, is not restrictive condition of the present invention, and for example, system configuration does not limit and will be stored in same nonvolatile memory 220 with basic input/output 210.In addition, if do not store any data in the system configuration storage area 250, then microprocessor 260 is carried out newly-increased program code 230 and when carrying out step 430, can directly present system configuration be stored to system configuration storage area 250 employed frame of reference configuration when starting shooting as next time.
When the benefit of the embodiment of the invention is started shooting flow process for entering whenever computer installation, in case check when finding that present system configuration and last time stored system configuration are different, promptly automatically present system configuration is stored in (the desktop managementinterface of Desktop Management Interface in the basic input/output, DMI) in the region of data storage, owing to can store many system configuration, thus, just can learn the course of system configuration change from this system configuration storage area, with reference information as the maintenance personal.
The above only is preferred embodiment of the present invention, and all equalizations of doing according to claims of the present invention change and modify, and all should belong to covering scope of the present invention.
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1. a system that can be used to the system configuration of track record one electronic installation is characterized in that, includes:
Storage device; And
Microprocessor is used to check that the present system configuration of above-mentioned electronic installation is whether different with reference to configuration with first, and differs from above-mentioned first during with reference to configuration in above-mentioned present system configuration, and above-mentioned present system configuration is write to said storage unit.
2. system according to claim 1 is characterized in that, wherein above-mentioned microprocessor and said storage unit all are arranged on the motherboard.
3. system according to claim 2, it is characterized in that, wherein said storage unit stores basic input/output, and differing from above-mentioned first during with reference to configuration in above-mentioned present system configuration, above-mentioned microprocessor writes to above-mentioned present system configuration the region of data storage of Desktop Management Interface in the above-mentioned basic input/output.
4. system according to claim 1 is characterized in that, wherein above-mentioned present system configuration includes above-mentioned motherboard and is electrically connected on the device information of the peripherals at least of above-mentioned motherboard.
5. system according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, wherein above-mentioned microprocessor checks in the previous boot program of above-mentioned electronic installation that also the present system configuration of above-mentioned electronic installation is whether different with reference to configuration with second, and differ from above-mentioned second during in the above-mentioned present system configuration of the above-mentioned previous boot program of correspondence with reference to configuration, with the above-mentioned present system configuration of the above-mentioned previous boot program of correspondence write to said storage unit with as above-mentioned first with reference to configuration.
6. system according to claim 1 is characterized in that wherein said storage unit writes down the system configuration of the above-mentioned electronic installation that is write by above-mentioned microprocessor in the mode of round-robin queue.
7. system according to claim 1 is characterized in that, wherein in the boot program each time of above-mentioned electronic installation, above-mentioned microprocessor all can be checked the system configuration of above-mentioned electronic installation.
8. a method that can be used to the system configuration of track record electronic installation is characterized in that, includes:
Whether the present system configuration of checking above-mentioned electronic installation is different with reference to configuration with first; And
Differ from above-mentioned first during in above-mentioned present system configuration, store above-mentioned present system configuration with reference to configuration.
9. method according to claim 8 is characterized in that, wherein above-mentioned electronic installation is a computer installation, and it stores basic input/output, and the step that stores above-mentioned present system configuration includes:
Above-mentioned present system configuration is write to the region of data storage of Desktop Management Interface in the above-mentioned basic input/output.
10. method according to claim 9 is characterized in that, wherein above-mentioned present system configuration includes motherboard in the aforementioned calculation machine and is electrically connected on the device information of at least one peripherals of above-mentioned motherboard.
11. method according to claim 8 is characterized in that, it also includes:
In the previous boot program of above-mentioned electronic installation, whether the present system configuration of checking above-mentioned electronic installation is different with reference to configuration with second, and differ from above-mentioned second during in the above-mentioned present system configuration of the above-mentioned previous boot program of correspondence with reference to configuration, the above-mentioned present system configuration that stores corresponding above-mentioned previous boot program with as above-mentioned first with reference to configuration.
12. method according to claim 8 is characterized in that, wherein above-mentioned present system configuration is stored in the mode of round-robin queue.
13. method according to claim 8 is characterized in that, it all can be carried out in the boot program each time of above-mentioned electronic installation.
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