CN106980517B - Firmware downloading method and device - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention provides a method and a device for downloading firmware, wherein the method comprises the following steps: determining whether a network card chip to be processed needs to download firmware; when the network card chip to be processed is determined to need to download the firmware, determining whether the network card chip downloading the firmware currently exists; when the network card chip downloading the firmware is determined to be absent currently, starting a transmission channel between the network card chip to be processed and a storage module storing the firmware, and electrifying the network card chip to be processed; and downloading the firmware for the network card chip to be processed through the transmission channel. By applying the embodiment of the invention, the number of the storage modules for storing the firmware is reduced, so that the cost of the network equipment is greatly reduced, and the design difficulty of the circuit board is reduced.
Description
Technical Field
The present invention relates to the field of network communication technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for downloading firmware.
Background
In the prior art, when a network device includes at least one network card chip, each network card chip needs to correspond to a firmware, so that after each network card chip downloads the corresponding firmware, the network card chip is driven by the firmware to act.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of this, the present invention provides a method and an apparatus for downloading firmware, so as to solve the problems of high cost of network equipment and difficult design of circuit board.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following technical scheme:
according to a first aspect of the present invention, a method for downloading firmware is provided, the method comprising:
determining whether a network card chip to be processed needs to download firmware;
when the network card chip to be processed is determined to need to download the firmware, determining whether the network card chip downloading the firmware currently exists;
when the network card chip downloading the firmware is determined to be absent currently, starting a transmission channel between the network card chip to be processed and a storage module storing the firmware, and electrifying the network card chip to be processed;
and downloading the firmware for the network card chip to be processed through the transmission channel.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a firmware downloading apparatus, comprising:
the first determining module is used for determining whether the network card chip to be processed needs to download the firmware;
a second determining module, configured to determine whether a network card chip that is downloading the firmware currently exists when it is determined in the first determining module that the network card chip to be processed needs to download the firmware;
a transmission channel starting module, configured to start a transmission channel between the to-be-processed network card chip and the storage module storing the firmware when it is determined that the network card chip downloading the firmware does not exist in the second determination module currently, and perform power-on processing on the to-be-processed network card chip;
and the firmware downloading module is used for downloading the firmware for the network card chip to be processed through the transmission channel started in the transmission channel starting module.
According to the technical scheme, the network equipment determines whether the network card chip to be processed needs to download the firmware, when the network equipment determines that the network card chip to be processed needs to download the firmware, the network equipment determines whether the network card chip currently downloading the firmware exists, when the network equipment determines that the network card chip currently downloading the firmware does not exist, the network equipment starts a transmission channel between the network card chip to be processed and a storage module storing the firmware, the network card chip to be processed is powered on, the network equipment downloads the firmware for the network card chip to be processed through the transmission channel, the network equipment realizes the design requirement of downloading the same firmware for different network card chips by switching the transmission channel, the number of the storage modules storing the firmware is reduced, the cost of the network equipment is greatly reduced, and the design difficulty of a circuit board is reduced.
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Fig. 1 is an internal structural diagram of a network device to which a firmware downloading method provided by the present invention is applied;
FIG. 2 is a flowchart of an embodiment of a method for downloading firmware provided by the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a flowchart of another embodiment of a method for downloading firmware provided by the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a diagram of a hardware configuration of a network device provided by the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a firmware downloading device provided by the present invention;
fig. 6 is a block diagram of another embodiment of a firmware downloading device provided in the present invention.
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Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all embodiments consistent with the present invention. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the invention, as detailed in the appended claims.
The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used in this specification and the appended claims, the singular forms "a", "an", and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein refers to and encompasses any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.
It is to be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used herein to describe various information, these information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one type of information from another. For example, first information may also be referred to as second information, and similarly, second information may also be referred to as first information, without departing from the scope of the present invention. The word "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at … …" or "when … …" or "in response to a determination", depending on the context.
The embodiment of the invention can be applied to network equipment, the network equipment comprises equipment such as a router, a switch, a firewall and the like, in one embodiment, the network equipment determines whether a network card chip to be processed needs to download firmware, specifically, the firmware comprises equipment ID, manufacturer identification, MAC address, parameter information of functions supported by the network card and the like, and the definition of the firmware can refer to the prior art. When the network equipment determines that the network card chip to be processed needs to download the firmware, the network equipment determines whether the network card chip currently downloading the firmware exists, when the network equipment determines that the network card chip currently downloading the firmware does not exist, the network equipment starts a transmission channel between the network card chip to be processed and a storage module storing the firmware, the network card chip to be processed is powered on, and the network equipment downloads the firmware for the network card chip to be processed through the transmission channel. According to the embodiment of the invention, the network equipment can realize the design requirement of downloading the same firmware to different network card chips by switching the transmission channels, so that the many-to-one design method reduces the number of storage modules storing the firmware, greatly reduces the cost of the network equipment and simultaneously reduces the design difficulty of a circuit board.
Fig. 1 is an internal structure diagram of a network device to which the firmware downloading method provided by the present invention is applied, and as shown in fig. 1, an internal structure of a network device 11 includes: a power module 111, a processing module 112, a switching module 113, a storage module 114, a network card chip 115, a network card chip 116, and a network card chip 117. The power module 111 supplies power to the processing module 112 and the switching module 113, and the switching module 113 supplies power to the network card chip 115, the network card chip 116, and the network card chip 117, and switches transmission channels between the storage module 114 and the network card chip 115, the network card chip 116, and the network card chip 117; the processing module 112 may be a CPU, and is configured to forward the information of the firmware download state collected from the network card chip 115, the network card chip 116, and the network card chip 117 to the switching module 113; the switching module 113 may be a Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD), the switching module 113 establishes a preset network card information list based on the information of the download state, the switching module 113 determines a network card chip to be processed from the preset network card information list, and the switching module 113 determines whether the network card chip to be processed needs to download the firmware; the storage module 114 is used for storing the firmware to be downloaded. When the switching module 113 determines that the network card chip to be processed needs to download the firmware, the switching module 113 determines whether the network card chip currently downloading the firmware exists. When the switching module 113 determines that the network card chip for downloading the firmware does not exist currently, the switching module 113 opens a transmission channel between the network card chip to be processed and the storage module 114 for storing the firmware, and performs power-on processing on the network card chip to be processed, and the switching module 113 downloads the firmware for the network card chip to be processed through the transmission channel. Taking the example that the switching module 113 determines that the network card chip 115 is a to-be-processed network card chip from the preset network card information list, the switching module 113 determines whether the network card chip 115 needs to download the firmware, and when the switching module 113 determines that the network card chip 115 needs to download the firmware, the switching module 113 determines whether the network card chip 116 and the network card chip 117 are in a state of downloading the firmware. When the switching module 113 determines that neither the network card chip 116 nor the network card chip 117 is in the state of downloading the firmware, the switching module 113 opens a transmission channel between the network card chip 115 and the storage module 114 for storing the firmware, and powers on the network card chip 115, so that the network card chip 115 can start downloading the firmware from the storage module 114 through the transmission channel.
To further illustrate the present invention, the following examples are provided:
fig. 2 is a flowchart of an embodiment of a method for downloading firmware provided by the present invention, which is exemplarily described in conjunction with fig. 1, and as shown in fig. 2, the method includes the following steps:
step 201: determining whether the network card chip to be processed needs to download the firmware, executing step 202-step 204 when determining that the network card chip to be processed needs to download the firmware, and executing step 205 when determining that the network card chip to be processed does not need to download the firmware.
Step 202: it is determined whether a network card chip currently downloading firmware exists.
Step 203: and when determining that the network card chip for downloading the firmware does not exist currently, starting a transmission channel between the network card chip to be processed and the storage module for storing the firmware, and electrifying the network card chip to be processed.
Step 204: and downloading the firmware for the network card chip to be processed through the transmission channel.
Step 205: and determining the next network card chip to be processed from at least one network card chip recorded in the preset network card information list based on a preset determination rule.
In step 201, in an embodiment, the network device 11 determines whether the network card chip to be processed needs to download firmware, where the firmware includes a device ID, a manufacturer identifier, an MAC address, parameter information of a function supported by the network card, and the like. The step of how the network device 11 determines whether the network card chip to be processed needs to download the firmware can refer to the following description related to step 302 and step 306 in fig. 3, which will not be described in detail here.
In step 202, in an embodiment, the network device 11 determines whether a network card chip currently downloading the firmware exists, and in particular, how the network device 11 determines whether a network card chip currently downloading the firmware exists may refer to the following description of step 303-step 305 in fig. 3, which will not be described in detail here.
In step 203, in an embodiment, when the network device 11 determines that the network card chip currently downloading the firmware does not exist, the network device 11 starts a transmission channel between the network card chip to be processed and the storage module 114 storing the firmware, and performs power-on processing on the network card chip to be processed, so that the network card chip to be processed can start downloading the firmware from the storage module 114.
In step 204, in an embodiment, the network device 11 downloads the firmware for the network card chip to be processed through the transmission channel.
It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that step 205 described below is an optional step.
In step 205, in an embodiment, the predetermined determination rule may be: and selecting one network card chip as the network card chip to be processed one by one from at least one network card chip recorded in the preset network card information list. The network device 11 determines the next network card chip to be processed from at least one network card chip recorded in the preset network card information list based on a preset determination rule.
In the embodiment of the invention, the network equipment determines whether the network card chip to be processed needs to download the firmware, when the network equipment determines that the network card chip to be processed needs to download the firmware, the network equipment determines whether the network card chip currently downloading the firmware exists, when the network equipment determines that the network card chip currently downloading the firmware does not exist, the network equipment starts a transmission channel between the network card chip to be processed and a storage module storing the firmware, and performs power-on processing on the network card chip to be processed, the network equipment downloads the firmware for the network card chip to be processed through the transmission channel, and the network equipment realizes the design requirement of downloading the same firmware for different network card chips by switching the transmission channel, thereby reducing the number of the storage modules storing the firmware, greatly reducing the cost of the network equipment and simultaneously reducing the design difficulty of a circuit board.
Fig. 3 is a flowchart of another firmware downloading method provided by the present invention, and in the embodiment of the present invention, with reference to fig. 1 and fig. 2, on the basis of steps 201 to 204, how a network device determines whether a network card chip to be processed needs to download firmware, and how the network device determines whether a network card chip currently downloading firmware exists is exemplarily described, as shown in fig. 3, the method includes the following steps:
step 301: and determining the network card chips to be processed from at least one network card chip recorded in the preset network card information list based on a preset determination rule, wherein each network card chip in the at least one network card chip corresponds to a state identifier, and the state identifiers are used for marking the downloading state of the network card chip downloading firmware corresponding to the state identifiers.
Step 302: and when the state identifier corresponding to the network card chip to be processed is a first preset identifier, determining that the network card chip to be processed needs to download the firmware, wherein the first preset identifier is used for marking the download state of the un-downloaded firmware, executing step 303, and when the state identifier corresponding to the network card chip to be processed is a second preset identifier, executing step 306.
Step 303: when it is determined that the network card chip to be processed needs to download the firmware, determining whether a state identifier identical to a third preset identifier exists in a preset network card information list, where the third preset identifier is used to mark a downloading state of the firmware being downloaded, executing step 304 when the state identifier identical to the third preset identifier does not exist in the preset network card information list, and executing step 305 when the state identifier identical to the third preset identifier exists in the preset network card information list.
Step 304: and determining that the network card chip for downloading the firmware does not exist currently.
Step 305: and determining that a network card chip for downloading the firmware currently exists.
Step 306: and determining that the network card chip to be processed does not need to download the firmware, wherein the second preset identifier is used for marking the downloading state of the downloaded firmware.
In step 301, the preset determination rule may be: and selecting one network card chip as a network card chip to be processed one by one from at least one network card chip recorded in a preset network card information list, wherein each network card chip in the at least one network card chip corresponds to a state identifier, and the state identifier is used for marking the downloading state of the network card chip downloading firmware corresponding to the state identifier. For example, the download status of downloaded firmware may be marked with a status identification "1", a status identification "0" marks the download status of un-downloaded firmware, and a status identification "-1" marks the download status of downloading firmware. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the status identifiers "0", "1" are exemplary only and do not limit the present invention.
In step 302, when the status identifier corresponding to the network card chip to be processed is the first preset identifier, combining step 301, taking the status identifier as "0", the first preset identifier as "0", and the network card to be processed as the network card chip 115 as an example, the network device 11 determines that the network card chip 115 needs to download the firmware, and performs step 303; taking the status identifier as "1", the second preset identifier as "1", and the network card to be processed as the network card chip 115, when the status identifier corresponding to the network card chip 115 is the second preset identifier "1", step 306 is executed. The first preset identifier "0" is used for marking the downloading state of the un-downloaded firmware, and the second preset identifier "1" is used for marking the downloading state of the downloaded firmware.
In step 303, with reference to step 302, taking the third preset identifier "-1" as an example, when the network device 11 determines that the network card chip 115 needs to download the firmware, the network device 11 determines whether a status identifier that is the same as the third preset identifier "-1" exists in the preset network card information list, where the third preset identifier "-1" is used to mark a downloading status of the firmware being downloaded, when the status identifier that is the same as the third preset identifier "-1" does not exist in the preset network card information list, step 304 is executed, and when the status identifier that is the same as the third preset identifier "-1" exists in the preset network card information list, step 305 is executed.
In step 304, when the status identifier that is the same as the third preset identifier "-1" does not exist in the preset network card information list, the network device 11 determines that a network card chip for downloading the firmware does not exist currently. For example, when the network device determines that the status identifiers corresponding to the current network card chip 116 and the network card chip 117 are not the third preset identifier, it indicates that there is no network card chip currently downloading firmware, and the network card chip 117 may open a transmission channel between the network card chip 115 and the storage module 114 storing firmware.
In step 305, when the state identifier that is the same as the third preset identifier "-1" exists in the preset network card information list, the network device 11 determines that a network card chip currently exists for downloading the firmware.
In step 306, when the status identifier corresponding to the network card chip 115 is the second preset identifier "1", the network device 11 determines that the network card chip to be processed does not need to download the firmware, and the second preset identifier is used to mark the download status of the downloaded firmware.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the network device 11 marks three downloading states of the un-downloaded firmware, the downloaded firmware, and the downloading firmware through the first preset identifier, the second preset identifier, and the third preset identifier, respectively, when the network device 11 determines that the network card chip 115 needs to download the firmware based on the preset network card information list and the state identifier, and there is no network card chip currently downloading the firmware, the network card chip 117 may open a transmission channel between the network card chip 115 and the storage module 114 storing the firmware, so as to ensure that the downloading process of the network card chip 115 does not interfere with the downloading process of the downloading firmware by other network card chips, and improve the safety and reliability of the firmware downloading.
Corresponding to the above-mentioned downloading method of firmware, the present invention also provides a hardware structure diagram of the network device shown in fig. 4. Referring to fig. 4, at the hardware level, the network device includes a processing module, a switching module, a power module, a storage module, an internal bus, a network interface, a memory, and a non-volatile memory, but may also include hardware required by other services. The processing module reads the corresponding computer program from the nonvolatile memory to the memory and then runs the computer program to form a downloading device of the firmware on a logic level. Of course, besides the software implementation, the present invention does not exclude other implementations, such as logic devices or combination of software and hardware, and the like, that is, the execution subject of the following processing flow is not limited to each logic unit, and may be hardware or logic devices.
The processing module is used for forwarding the information of the firmware downloading state collected from all the network card chips to the switching module;
the switching module is used for supplying power to all network card chips and switching transmission channels between the storage module and all network card chips;
the power supply module is used for supplying power to the processing module and the switching module;
the storage module is used for storing the firmware to be downloaded.
Fig. 5 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a downloading apparatus of firmware provided by the present invention, and as shown in fig. 5, the downloading apparatus of firmware may include: a first determining module 51, a second determining module 52, a transmission channel opening module 53, and a firmware downloading module 54, wherein:
a first determining module 51, configured to determine whether the network card chip to be processed needs to download the firmware;
a second determining module 52, configured to determine whether a network card chip that is downloading the firmware currently exists when it is determined in the first determining module 51 that the network card chip to be processed needs to download the firmware;
a transmission channel starting module 53, configured to start a transmission channel between the to-be-processed network card chip and the storage module storing the firmware when it is determined that the network card chip downloading the firmware does not exist in the second determining module 52 currently, and perform power-on processing on the to-be-processed network card chip;
a firmware downloading module 54, configured to download the firmware for the to-be-processed network card chip through the transmission channel started in the transmission channel starting module 53.
Fig. 6 is a block diagram of another embodiment of a firmware downloading device provided by the present invention, and as shown in fig. 6, on the basis of the embodiment shown in fig. 5, the firmware downloading device further includes:
a third determining module 55, configured to determine, based on a preset determining rule, the to-be-processed network card chip from at least one network card chip recorded in a preset network card information list, where each network card chip in the at least one network card chip corresponds to a state identifier, and the state identifier is used to mark a downloading state of the firmware downloaded by the network card chip corresponding to the state identifier.
In one embodiment, the first determining module 51 includes:
the first determining submodule 511 is configured to determine that the network card chip to be processed needs to download the firmware when the state identifier corresponding to the network card chip to be processed is a first preset identifier, where the first preset identifier is used to mark a download state where the firmware is not downloaded;
the second determining submodule 512 is configured to determine that the network card chip to be processed does not need to download the firmware when the status identifier corresponding to the network card chip to be processed is a second preset identifier, where the second preset identifier is used to mark a download status of the downloaded firmware.
In one embodiment, the second determination module 52 includes:
a third determining submodule 521, configured to determine whether a state identifier that is the same as a third preset identifier exists in the preset network card information list, where the third preset identifier is used to mark a downloading state of the firmware being downloaded;
a fourth determining submodule 522, configured to determine that the network card chip that is downloading the firmware does not exist currently when a state identifier that is the same as the third preset identifier does not exist in the preset network card information list in the third determining submodule 521;
a fifth determining submodule 523, configured to determine that the network card chip that is downloading the firmware currently exists when a state identifier that is the same as the third preset identifier exists in the preset network card information list in the third determining submodule 521.
In one embodiment, the downloading device of the firmware further comprises:
a fourth determining module 56, configured to determine, based on the preset determining rule, a next network card chip to be processed from the at least one network card chip recorded in the preset network card information list when it is determined that the network card chip to be processed does not need to download the firmware in the first determining module 51.
The implementation process of the functions and actions of each unit in the above device is specifically described in the implementation process of the corresponding step in the above method, and is not described herein again.
For the device embodiments, since they substantially correspond to the method embodiments, reference may be made to the partial description of the method embodiments for relevant points. The above-described embodiments of the apparatus are merely illustrative, and the units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the modules can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the scheme of the invention. One of ordinary skill in the art can understand and implement it without inventive effort.
It can be seen from the above embodiments that the network device determines whether the network card chip to be processed needs to download the firmware, when the network device determines that the network card chip to be processed needs to download the firmware, the network device determines whether the network card chip currently downloading the firmware exists, when the network device determines that the network card chip currently downloading the firmware does not exist, the network device starts a transmission channel between the network card chip to be processed and a storage module storing the firmware, and performs power-on processing on the network card chip to be processed, the network device downloads the firmware for the network card chip to be processed through the transmission channel, and the network device realizes the design requirement of downloading the same firmware for different network card chips by switching the transmission channel, reduces the number of the storage modules storing the firmware, greatly reduces the cost of the network device, and reduces the design difficulty of the circuit board.
Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. This invention is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention following, in general, the principles of the invention and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the invention pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.
It should also be noted that the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.
The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting the invention, and any modifications, equivalents, improvements and the like made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.
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1. A method for downloading firmware, the method being applied to a network device, the network device comprising a plurality of network card chips, the method comprising:
determining whether a network card chip to be processed needs to download firmware;
when the network card chip to be processed is determined to need to download the firmware, determining whether the network card chip downloading the firmware currently exists;
when the network card chip downloading the firmware is determined to be absent currently, starting a transmission channel between the network card chip to be processed and a storage module storing the firmware, and electrifying the network card chip to be processed;
and downloading the firmware for the network card chip to be processed through the transmission channel.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
determining the network card chip to be processed from at least one network card chip recorded in a preset network card information list based on a preset determination rule, wherein each network card chip in the at least one network card chip corresponds to a state identifier, and the state identifier is used for marking a downloading state of the firmware downloaded by the network card chip corresponding to the state identifier;
the step of determining whether the network card chip to be processed needs to download the firmware includes:
when the state identifier corresponding to the network card chip to be processed is a first preset identifier, determining that the network card chip to be processed needs to download the firmware, wherein the first preset identifier is used for marking the downloading state of the firmware which is not downloaded;
and when the state identifier corresponding to the network card chip to be processed is a second preset identifier, determining that the network card chip to be processed does not need to download the firmware, wherein the second preset identifier is used for marking the downloading state of the downloaded firmware.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of determining whether a network card chip currently downloading the firmware exists comprises:
determining whether a state identifier which is the same as a third preset identifier exists in the preset network card information list, wherein the third preset identifier is used for marking a downloading state of the downloading firmware;
when the state identifier which is the same as the third preset identifier does not exist in the preset network card information list, determining that the network card chip downloading the firmware does not exist currently;
and when the state identifier which is the same as the third preset identifier exists in the preset network card information list, determining that the network card chip downloading the firmware currently exists.
4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:
and when the network card chip to be processed is determined not to need to download the firmware, determining the next network card chip to be processed from at least one network card chip recorded in the preset network card information list based on the preset determination rule.
5. An apparatus for downloading firmware, the apparatus being applied to a network device, the network device comprising a plurality of network card chips, the apparatus comprising:
the first determining module is used for determining whether the network card chip to be processed needs to download the firmware;
a second determining module, configured to determine whether a network card chip that is downloading the firmware currently exists when it is determined in the first determining module that the network card chip to be processed needs to download the firmware;
a transmission channel starting module, configured to start a transmission channel between the to-be-processed network card chip and the storage module storing the firmware when it is determined that the network card chip downloading the firmware does not exist in the second determination module currently, and perform power-on processing on the to-be-processed network card chip;
and the firmware downloading module is used for downloading the firmware for the network card chip to be processed through the transmission channel started in the transmission channel starting module.
6. The apparatus of claim 5, further comprising:
a third determining module, configured to determine, based on a preset determination rule, the to-be-processed network card chip from at least one network card chip recorded in a preset network card information list, where each network card chip in the at least one network card chip corresponds to a state identifier, and the state identifier is used to mark a download state of the firmware downloaded by the network card chip corresponding to the state identifier;
a first determination module comprising:
the first determining submodule is used for determining that the network card chip to be processed needs to download the firmware when the state identifier corresponding to the network card chip to be processed is a first preset identifier, and the first preset identifier is used for marking the downloading state of the firmware which is not downloaded;
and the second determining submodule is used for determining that the network card chip to be processed does not need to download the firmware when the state identifier corresponding to the network card chip to be processed is a second preset identifier, and the second preset identifier is used for marking the downloading state of the downloaded firmware.
7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the second determining module comprises:
a third determining submodule, configured to determine whether a state identifier that is the same as a third preset identifier exists in the preset network card information list, where the third preset identifier is used to mark a downloading state of a firmware being downloaded;
a fourth determining submodule, configured to determine that the network card chip downloading the firmware does not exist currently when a state identifier that is the same as the third preset identifier does not exist in the preset network card information list in the third determining submodule;
and a fifth determining submodule, configured to determine that the network card chip downloading the firmware currently exists when a status identifier that is the same as the third preset identifier exists in the preset network card information list in the third determining submodule.
8. The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising:
and a fourth determining module, configured to determine, based on the preset determination rule, a next network card chip to be processed from the at least one network card chip recorded in the preset network card information list when it is determined that the network card chip to be processed does not need to download the firmware in the first determining module.
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