Method and apparatus for updating firmware on a storage device

摘要

A method, apparatus, and system are disclosed for updating firmware on a storage device. The apparatus includes a detection module and an update module. The detection module detects, during a boot sequence, an indicator of an available update of firmware controlling a storage device. The available update is stored on non-volatile storage media of the storage device. The update module updates the storage device with the available update in response to the detection module detecting the indicator of the available update.

主权项

1. A method executable by a processor comprising:
issuing a command to store an available update, the available update comprising:
firmware for controlling storage devices on a storage device; andexecutable code apart from the firmware for booting into an UEFI environment; storing the available update on non-volatile storage media of the storage device at a range of location block addresses available for standard write operations by applications in response to the command; storing an indicator specifying the range of location block addresses of the available update in a device vendor log in response to the storage module storing the available update by way of a utility operating through a resource manager managing the non-volatile storage media of the storage device; detecting, during a boot sequence, the indicator of the available update and an indicator of an UEFI environment and updating the storage device with the available update in response to detecting the indicator of the available update, wherein updating the storage device comprises:
booting the storage device from the available update at the specified range of location block addresses on the non-volatile media; andinstalling the available update on the storage device.