| 摘要 |
<p>A network device (100) includes: a memory unit (10) including a buffer memory (12) and a read-only memory (11) that has a device firmware stored therein for execution by the network device (100); a transmission interface unit (20) for establishing connection to a host device (200) via a network (300); a status-indicating unit (40); and a firmware-update control unit (30) configured to retrieve firmware-update data from the host device (200) through the network (300) via the transmission interface unit (20), configured to store the firmware-update data thus retrieved in the buffer memory (12), and configured to update the device firmware in the read-only memory (11) based on the firmware-update data in the buffer memory (12), the firmware-update control unit (30) being further configured to control the status-indicating unit (40) for generating a firmware-update-status output corresponding to a state of a firmware update process performed by the firmware-update control unit (30) for user notification.</p> |
