Embodiment
The invention provides a kind of computer system and method for supervising thereof with double operating devices, be illustrated as preferred embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 1 comprises at least one operation-interface 6000 for the synoptic diagram of computer system of the present invention; One first operating means 4000, it comprises that an operating system and a plurality of data are with program (hard disk or quickflashing) and be connected aforementioned operation interface 6000; One second operating means 5000 is in order to deposit aforementioned operation system and a plurality of data with program (flash memory) and be connected aforementioned operation interface 6000; One CPU (central processing unit) 1000 and system chipset 1001 connect this operation-interface 6000 and a power module 1002, and this power module 1002 connects aforementioned first and second operating means 4000,5000; One monitoring module 9000, also incite somebody to action the wherein content replication of any operating means in order to aforementioned first operating means 4000 of management and control and second operating means 5000 and arrive another operating means, one basic input-output system unit (bios) 3000, in order to aforementioned first operating means 4000 and second operating means 5000 wherein any operating system load (boot) and carry out to a dynamic RAM (DRAM) 8000; One decoding unit 2000 is in order to use for aforementioned CPU (central processing unit) 1000 aforementioned basic input-output system unit 3000 decodings.
Aforementioned CPU (central processing unit) (CPU) 1000 receives at least one signal order, via aforementioned first and second operating means 4000,5000 of this power module 1002 controls, and via operating system and a plurality of data information and program execution computing of 6000 pairs of aforementioned first and second operating means 4000,5000 of aforementioned operation interface.
Aforementioned system chipset 1001 comprises north bridge and South Bridge chip, display card chip, network chip or the like.
Aforementioned first operating means 4000, basic outfit for computer system, and as the storage device of aforementioned operation system and a plurality of data and program (comprising driver and application program), this first operating means 4000 is Winchester disk drive or nonvolatile memory (Non-volatilememory), the present invention preferentially selects for use Winchester disk drive to be used as first operating means 4000, because it is the most general, capacity and price also are tending towards rationally, but this preferentially selects for use and does not limit to right request of the present invention.
Aforementioned second operating means 5000, be used to deposit outside the aforementioned operation system, also place monitoring module 9000 selected a plurality of data and program (comprising driver and application program), this second operating means 5000 is nonvolatile memory (Non-volatile memory).This monitoring module 9000 of process is with operating system, driver in first operating means 4000, and after choosing the application program desiring to duplicate and add file and data file thereof and copying to second operating means 5000, this this second operating means 5000 promptly becomes a capable of starting up operating means.
Described operating system comprise the serial operating system of Microsft Windows (Microsot window) (as: win2000, winxp, winvista, win7), UNIX, BSD, Linux, MAC OS wherein any.
Aforesaid nonvolatile memory (Non-volatile memory) refers to after power supply is turned off, the storer that stored data can not disappear, and interdependent reservoir in data whether can when using a computer, be rewritten as standard at any time, can be divided into ROM (read-only memory) (Read-only memory; ROM) and flash memory Flash memory two classes, the present invention is preferable to use the memory as flash memory Flash, its capacity is unrestricted, can use on demand, and because flash memory is not an electromechanical assembly (not having voice coil motor, step motor or the like), not only operating speed is far above Winchester disk drive, and power consumption is more far below Winchester disk drive.
Aforementioned operation interface 6000, the interface that refers to the hardware of first operating means 4000 and second operating means 5000 and computer system, it comprises Parallel ATA (P-ATA:Parallel ATA), serial ATA (S-ATA:Serial ATA), SCS I, USB, system memory address mapping (systemmemory address map), particularly, if first operating means 4000 is then selected P-ATA (Parallel ATA for use for Winchester disk drive, also claim the EIDE interface) or the South Bridge chip (South-Bridge Chip) be used as in preferable operation-interface and the system chipset 1001 of S-ATA (Serial ATA) interface join, in addition if computer system uses the SCSI card then can select for use scsi interface as operation-interface; First and second operating means 4000,5000 then can be selected SCSI and P-ATA and S-ATA, USB, system memory address mapping (SystemMemory Address Map) for use for flash memory and be used as operation-interface.
Aforementioned SCS I interface generally in business computer and server, often uses the Winchester disk drive operating means of scsi interface.Scsi interface experiences evolution in more than 20 year, also has series of products to come out one after another, and according to different transmission rates SCSI I (40M transfer rate), SCSI II (80M transfer rate), SCSI III (160M and 320M transfer rate) and SCSI IV etc. is arranged.The present market of SCSI hard-disk interface is common two kinds of 68PIN and 80PIN, and more early stage have a 50PIN.Faster (the rotating shaft motor rotating speed is up to 15,000rpm) for the bigger speed of the common volume ratio of the Winchester disk drive of scsi interface in general.If the present invention uses flash memory to treat as the operating means collocation and uses scsi interface, the advantage of two-forty disappears immediately, because an electromechanical assembly speed still is not so good as the flash memory of a pure electronic installation sooner, in addition, using unique shortcoming of scsi interface may be exactly that the interface height a bit than general IDE (P-ATA and S-ATA) for relative cost, because the system for computer chipset will not be built in the chip in the SCSI operation circuit usually, the user must buy more a SCSI card in addition.
Aforementioned P-ATA and S-ATA interface, making in this way the benefit as the operation-interface between flash memory and computer system is its compatibility.The P-ATA interface used 20 years at personal computer, and S-ATA then is a new interface in recent years, mainly was to promote message transmission rate.20 improvement of for many years going through many times make that this interface quite stable is reliable, have the highest compatibility.In addition, the system for computer chipset will be built in the chip in P-ATA or the S-ATA operation circuit, so the popularity rate of P-ATA and S-ATA is the highest.
Aforementioned USB interface, the simplest and easyly put into practice design of the present invention for being built in the ready-made USB flash circuit in the middle of the system, and under monitoring module 9000 controls of the present invention, the content replication of first operating means 4000 is duplicated back in first operating means 4000 to second operating means 5000 or with the content (comprising operating system or relative program and data) of second operating means 5000.Though traditional USB2.0 transfer rate is fast not enough, in USB 3.0 and future version, speed will no longer be a problem, following on the contrary may the use because of the easy design of USB interface is a large amount of.
Aforementioned system memory address mapping (System Memory Address Mapped) mode: with second operating means 5000 is that flash memory designs in computer system in system memory address mapping (system MemoryAddress Mapped) mode.In more detail, the memory address of computer system shines upon as Fig. 2, and the total storage space of system is generally 4GB, and the use of its address area is as follows:
(1) address 896K is that traditional BIOS uses the address area to address 1MB (1024K) and the 128K below the 4GB of address.
(2) address 000 to address 2GB, and the back, zone of deduction BIOS is the use zone of dynamic RAM (DRAM).
(3) 2GB above 1.5GB address space to 3.5GB in address is the use zone of flash memory for the present invention's second operating means 5000, and controls in the Banking mode, and totally 8 Bank amount to the 12GB storage space.If second operating means 5000 is not with the system memory address mapping with the interface of system, then this space, address then can be used as other purposes or keeps for dynamic RAM (DRAM) 8000 to use.When the using system memory address shines upon (System MemoryAddress Mapped) mode as interface, is that flash memory is formatd (Format) by monitoring module 9000 of the present invention with second operating means 5000, after the duplicating of person's complete operation system to be used and associated profiles, second operating means 5000 promptly includes operating system and program and the data in first operating means 4000.
In addition if this operation-interface 6000 select for use system memory address mapping (system memoryaddress map) then this decoding unit 2000 as the banking decoding scheme of this second operating means 5000.
Aforementioned decoding unit 2000, when being taken as the banking decoding scheme of second operating means 5000, this decoding unit 2000 is set of address lines decoding (Address decoder) circuit, in order to solve different address areas, use for flash memory of the present invention, general decoded mode can generally be divided two kinds:
(1) first level address decoding (Direct Address Decoding) is directly deciphered according to the use total volume of flash memory.Illustrate as shown in Figure 3, establish if the capacity of every flash memory is 4MB, use 4 flash memories 101,102,103,104,16MB then can design the address area of every flash memory as shown in FIG. altogether.When program was carried out a certain address area, CPU can directly obtain program code or data to the flash memory that uses this address area.
(2) indirect address decoding (Indirect Address Decoding) is also referred to as the Banking mode.Above example, these four flash memories are shared an address area (total memory capacity is 4MB only) under this decoded mode, when program desires to skip to a certain flash memory (a certain Bank) execution, then program originally need be done the Bank switching earlier, meaning is next output order (OutputInstruction), chooses (Enable) this Back IC and gets final product.Under indirect decoded mode, every flash memory all uses identical address area, and still only can there be a flash memory job the same time.
Aforementioned as shown in Figure 4 monitoring module 9000, send the signal order to aforementioned CPU (central processing unit) 1000, open or close with the power supply of controlling first operating means 4000 and second operating means 5000, this monitoring module 9000 comprises that one selects secondary module 9001, one monitoring and contrast secondary module 9002, one duplicates secondary module 9003 and hides secondary module 9004, this selects secondary module 9001 in order to from aforementioned first operating means 4000 and second operating means 5000 any loading (boot) aforementioned operation system wherein, this monitoring and contrast secondary module 9002 are in order to check and to show wherein any operating system and a plurality of data and program of first operating means 4000 and second operating means 5000, and select aforementioned operation system and a plurality of data and program to be used as the desire duplicate object arbitrarily, duplicate secondary module 9003 in order to aforementioned selecteed object tools is arrived another operating means, should hide secondary module 9004 in order to hide non-selected operating means, close for example power supply of first operating means 4000 by user's pass code and aforementioned power source module 1002, and the related setting message of relevant first operating means 4000 in the system, this function can block the chance of bogusware invasion Winchester disk drive fully, identical mode also can be closed the power supply of second operating means 5000, decides on aforesaid selection.
In addition, aforementioned CPU (central processing unit) 1000 further connects a digital camera apparatus and digital television apparatus 7000, aforementioned Basic Input or Output System (BIOS) (BIOS) 3000 more comprises a personal information management secondary module (PIM) 200 (as Fig. 5), digital camera (DSC) driver, Digital Television (DTV) driver and mode of operation are selected secondary module 100 (as Fig. 5), please once more referring to system memory address mapping graph shown in Figure 2, for being arranged, enough storage spaces place these programs and module, the present invention extends to 16MB with the memory capacity of former BIOS by 512KB, but it is not limited thereto that this kind memory capacity expands, and utilizes this personal information management secondary module (PIM) 200 of conduct placement behind the following 16MB deduction traditional B IOS zone of the total memory space address 4GB of aforementioned system, digital camera (DSC) driver, Digital Television (DTV) driver and mode of operation select module 100 to use.2000 of aforementioned decoding units are in order to solve the 16MB address of BIOS.
Be built in the computer system in aforementioned digital camera apparatus and the digital television apparatus 7000, when the user mode of operation select module select for 100 times these two devices wherein any, the power supply of selecteed device be opened (Turn on), its driver also is performed simultaneously, do not have its power supply of selecteed device to close, for example select to open digital camera apparatus then power supplys of digital television apparatus and first and second operating means and the control chip relevant with these devices be all and close with the saving electrical source consumption.
Aforementioned dynamic RAM 8000, in order to aforementioned CPU (central processing unit) 1000 computings to be provided and to keep in and load and carry out, reach the computing and the temporary memory storage of aforementioned personal information management secondary module 200, digital camera apparatus driver, digital television apparatus driver and other program.
Please once more referring to shown in Figure 5, aforementioned mode of operation selects module 100 built-in (burning) in basic input-output system unit 3000, it has aforesaid personal information management secondary module 200, one digital camera secondary module 300, an one Digital Television secondary module 400 and an operating means are selected secondary module 500, this digital camera secondary module 300 and Digital Television secondary module 400 be in order to starting digital camera apparatus and digital television apparatus and driver thereof respectively, and this operating means selects 500 of secondary modules in order to select loading (boot) operating systems from first operating means 4000 or second operating means 5000.
In addition, wherein aforementioned personal information management secondary module 200, digital camera secondary module 300, Digital Television secondary module 400 and operating means select secondary module 500 also can start via long-range signal control, described long-range signal sends for pushing via at least one hot key (Hot-key), its mode can be connected respectively on four pins of the keyboard controller chip in the computer system hardware for four buttons of design on keyboard, read user's key set code from keyboard controller after BIOS finishes selftest after, BIOS jumps directly to the program of corresponding secondary module and finishes.
Once more referring to shown in Figure 6, the specific implementation of aforementioned personal information management secondary module 200 comprises a computing function 210, a unit conversion function 220, a business card book function 230, a calendar function 240 and a database management function 250, aforementioned business card book function 230 provides the user to be able to browse, edit business card book data under no operating system, business card book data can write in the Basic Input or Output System (BIOS) 3000 or first operating means 4000 and second operating means 5000 under database management function 250 controls; Calendar function 240 provides the user to be able to browse, edit under no operating system to act counts certificate one by one, and the calendar data can be under database management function 250 controls, writes in the BIOS 3000 or in first and second operating means 4000,5000; Database management function 250 is mainly used in the synchronization data storehouse, and in other words, the business card book in the personal information management secondary module 100 and the content of calendar are identical with business card book and calendar data in first operating means 4000 and/or second operating means 5000.Database management function 250 of the present invention can be stored in personal information management secondary module (PIM) 200 data files in first operating means 4000 and/or second operating means 5000.
Once more referring to shown in Figure 7, aforementioned digital camera secondary module 300 makes digital television apparatus can use immediately as domestic TV, and its specific implementation includes camera function 310, recording function 320, sound-recording function 330, photo is browsed and playing function 340, film are browsed and playing function 350, editting function 360.
Once more referring to shown in Figure 8, the specific implementation of aforementioned Digital Television secondary module 400 comprises channel selection and audio and video control function 410, program recording function 420, video recording archives playing function 430, video recording archives editting function 440.
Being about 2Mb compared to the capacity that has Basic Input or Output System (BIOS) now in addition (is 512KB, the 512K byte), basic input-output system unit 3000 capacity of the present invention are 16MB, newly-increased capacity is used for depositing mode of operation and selects module 100 and content thereof, digital camera and Digital Television driver, but as having for 400 times the mass data desire to store at aforementioned digital camera secondary module 300 or Digital Television secondary module, then data directly can be stored SD, MMC, MicroSD, MiniSD, memory storage or external silicon disk machine memory storages such as RS-MMC Card, perhaps start first operating means 4000 or second operating means 5000 with data storing in these two operating means.
The mode of operation and the method for supervising of computer system of the present invention below will be described in detail in detail:
As Fig. 3, shown in Figure 9, behind computer booting, Basic Input or Output System (BIOS) (BIOS) is carried out start selftest (the Power OnSelf Test of computer system, POST) after, promptly enter mode of operation automatically and select module 100, the user can select to select in the module 100 4 secondary modules of desire operation in work, and promptly aforesaid personal information management secondary module 200, digital camera secondary module 300, Digital Television secondary module 400, operating system device are selected secondary module 500.When the user selects wherein any secondary module, the device of other three secondary modules and the power supply of chip are then closed, and reach the purpose of saving power supply.
With reference to Fig. 1, shown in Figure 10,, promptly enter monitoring module 9000 in the lump when the user selects selection operation system and device selection secondary module 500 in the module 100 in mode of operation.
The method for supervising of aforementioned monitoring module 9000 comprises the following steps:
Step 600 beginning;
Step 610 operating means is selected, and the operating system original device that selection will be operated is from first operating means or second operating means.Therefore when the user used for the first time, the content of second operating means 5000 was empty, can jump directly to step 660 reproducer, second operating means 5000 is finished duplicated, and becoming one can the load operation system and the device of executive routine.After the operating system and application copy of finishing start for the first time, monitoring module 9000 can allow user's selection operation system starting device during start later on, the user is if select 5000 of second operating means to skip to step 620, if select 4000 of first operating means to skip to step 630;
Step 620 is selected second operating means 5000 to be starter gear and to originate as operating system, simultaneously operating system is loaded in the dynamic RAM 8000 and carries out, monitoring module 9000 can send the power supply that aforementioned central control unit 1000 controls first operating means 4000 is given in the signal order of opening or closing first operating means, 4000 power supplys according to user demand;
Step 630 is selected first operating means 4000 to be starter gear and to originate as operating system, simultaneously operating system is loaded in the dynamic RAM 8000 and carries out, monitoring module 9000 can send the power supply that aforementioned central control unit 1000 controls second operating means 5000 is given in the signal order of opening or closing second operating means, 5000 power supplys according to user demand;
Step 640 EO, no matter be or under the operating system of second operating means 5000, operate at first operating means 4000, when the user is intended to shutdown or when entering dormant state (being so-called S3, S4 or Suspend to Ram or Suspend To HDD), monitoring module 9000 enters whether reproducer of step 650;
Whether step 650 duplicates, and whether monitoring module 9000 inquiry users carry out replication actions, if then enter step 660 reproducer; Then carry out step 670 termination routine if not, finish shutdown or dormancy action;
Step 660 is duplicated, and opens first operating means or the second operating means power supply, chooses to desire duplicate object and finish and duplicate, and closes first operating means or the second operating means power supply, duplicates or upgrades the basic input-output system unit content.
Data file (business card book and calendar content as the aforementioned) that can synchronization personal information management secondary module 200 under this step in addition, meaning is promptly in the operating system running, can be via the work that secondary module 9003 is finished the database management function 250 of aforementioned personal information management secondary module 200 of duplicating of monitoring module 9000, in other words the data of synchronization renewal personal information management secondary module 200 are finished via aforementioned data library management function 250 at the environment of no operating system, finish via aforementioned copy secondary module 9003 under operating system environment.
Monitoring module 9000 is just as the explorer program of " strengthening version " at this moment, not only can copying application program and driver and data file between first operating means 4000 and second operating means, 5000 these two operating means, also the operating system of one of them operating means can be copied to the another one operating means.
Generally speaking, be intended under operating system, carry out an application program and must finish what is called " installation " operation earlier, the action of installing is except with the reproduction of documents, and the associative directory of the attached reproduction of documents under the operating system that also need to be correlated with is so that operating system may identification and this program of execution.General explorer program mostly just can copy archive or certain catalogue under program and data, and can't the replicate run system, and can't duplicate the application program and the relevant attached program thereof of " installing ".Monitoring module 9000 of the present invention duplicate secondary module 9003, then can be according to user's selection, directly application program of replicate run system and " installing " and relevant attached program thereof are shortened the user in a large number and are reinstalled system and required time of application program.
In addition, another characteristics of monitoring module 9000 are via monitoring and contrast secondary module 9002, the user has and optionally selects numerous installations certain several program in the application program under (such as first operating means) operating system in operating means, can copy to purpose operating means (such as second operating means) to the relevant attached program file of selecteed application program and this program and data file via duplicating secondary module 9003.Illustrate, the user buys the VISIO application program of Microsoft, may have dozens of (even the hundreds of) execute file relevant with this program, exemplary applications archives, teaching archive, data file and relevant link File after installation.When the user selected to duplicate the VISIO program, above-mentioned relative program and archives can copy in the purpose operating means in the lump.
In addition, also the content of the personal information management of personal information management secondary module 200 contents among the aforementioned BIOS of the present invention and first operating means 4000 or second operating means 5000 can be done synchronous renewal.
In aforementioned each step, be closed the operating means and the related setting message thereof of power supply, promptly can be hidden the chance that blocks poisoning intrusion fully by aforementioned hiding secondary module 9004.
Step 640 EO enters shutdown or dormant state.
In sum, the computer system of double operating devices of the present invention possesses following advantage:
1, because operating system suffers bogusware to destroy and damage or need reinstall the situation of operating system because of the first operating means accident causes the track data damage, can possess operating system and program and data originally by another operating means, and can duplicate the not impaired preceding content of recovery rapidly impaired operating means.
2, alleviated the invasion of bogusware, doing special processing on the power supply control program of first operating means 4000 and second operating means 5000 and on the hardware circuit, the user can open and then pent first operating means 4000 of access or second operating means 5000 by setting one group of current password.Under monitoring module 9000 controls, when the pent while of one of them operating means, relevant setting relevant for this device on the computer system is also changed simultaneously, in other words, operating system and any application software are to find this " to hide " " operating means, also therefore any bogusware can't be invaded this device.This invention be except may avoiding operating means by the poisoning intrusion, and under the pent situation of power supply of Winchester disk drive, the also significantly reduction thereupon of probability that Winchester disk drive is damaged because of the external force vibrations.
3, convenience and promptness:
In basic input-output system unit (BIOS), set up personal information management secondary module 200, digital camera secondary module 300 and Digital Television secondary module 4000, allow the user obtain maximum facility, make above-mentioned these programs reach with opening (start) i.e. high benefit of usefulness.
4, improve system stability and security:
The framework that has " dual operating systems " because of the present invention, under general operational scenario, first operating means 4000 is that Winchester disk drive can be in not open state, and except the noise that does not have Winchester disk drive work, the probability nature that hard disk is damaged because of vibrations is far below general computing machine on the market.
Second operating means 5000 of the present invention, except providing than the higher and stable speed of access hard disk machine, even if just in case second operating means 5000 is damaged because of poisoning, also can finish the recovery of system and program or data file under monitoring module 9000 operations, it is minimum that " disaster " reduced to.
The above monitoring module 9000 of the present invention also can be included in the computer program and implement, this computer program should comprise all characteristics that can carry out the method that this instructions narrates, and in aforementioned have operating system platform and load this computer program and carry out after, affirmation can be carried out this method.
In addition, aforesaid method can be utilized a kind of computer-readable medium storing, and it stores a computer program makes the aforementioned calculation machine carry out aforesaid step.This computer-readable medium storing can be floppy disk, hard disk, CD, with oneself dish, tape, can or be familiar with the Storage Media that this operator can expect easily by the database of network access with identical function; Feature of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any one of ordinary skill in the art is in field of the present invention, and the variation that can expect easily or modification all should be encompassed in the claim protection domain of the present invention.