Granted Patent B2

US 12,547,418 · App. 18/738,523 · Granted Feb 10, 2026

Inventors: Sourin Sarkar (Bangalore, IN); Vamshikrishna Komuravelli (Rangareddy, IN); Kanika Mittal (Agra, IN)

Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.

G06F9/4411G06F9/4418

Abstract

Claims (57)

1 . A system, comprising:

a memory device; and

a controller configured to:

enable a fast bootup process for the system based on a fast boot counter that indicates whether to disable the fast bootup process, wherein the fast bootup process excludes a verification of information from the memory device;

disable a normal bootup process for the system based on the fast bootup process being enabled;

perform the fast bootup process based on the system being powered on; and

increment the fast boot counter after the fast bootup process is performed, wherein the fast boot counter keeps a persistent count of a quantity of times the fast bootup process has been performed.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

detect a change to the information;

disable the fast bootup process based on the change to the information; and

reenable the normal bootup process.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

disable the fast bootup process for a next bootup cycle based on the fast boot counter satisfying a fast boot count threshold; and

reenable the normal bootup process.

4 . The system of claim 3 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

reenable the fast bootup process after the fast bootup process has been disabled; and

reset the fast boot counter based on the fast bootup process being reenabled.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

disable the fast bootup process based on the fast bootup process being enabled for an amount of time that satisfies a threshold amount of time; and

reenable the normal bootup process.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

receive, from a host device, a command enabling the fast bootup process, wherein the fast bootup process is enabled based on receiving the command.

7 . A storage system, comprising:

a memory device; and

a controller configured to:

implement a first bootup process for the storage system;

enable a second bootup process for the storage system based on a counter that indicates whether to disable the second bootup process, wherein the second bootup process is associated with excluding verification of information from the memory device;

perform the second bootup process based on detecting a power cycling associated with the storage system; and

increment the counter after the second bootup process is performed, wherein the counter keeps a persistent count of a quantity of times the second bootup process has been performed.

8 . The storage system of claim 7 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

receive, from a host device, a command enabling the second bootup process, wherein the second bootup process is enabled based on receiving the command.

9 . The storage system of claim 8 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

determine whether use of authenticated commands is enabled; and

send a success response to the host device based on determining that the use of authenticated commands is enabled.

10 . The storage system of claim 9 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

send an error response to the host device based on determining that the use of authenticated commands is not enabled.

11 . The storage system of claim 7 , wherein the first bootup process is associated with determining whether measurements of a boot region correspond to reference measurements.

12 . The storage system of claim 7 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

reenable the second bootup process after the second bootup process has been disabled; and

reset the counter based on the second bootup process being reenabled.

13 . A method, comprising:

enabling, by a controller, a fast bootup process for a storage system based on a fast boot counter that indicates whether to disable the fast bootup process, wherein the fast bootup process excludes a measurement of information from a memory device of the storage system;

disabling, by the controller, a normal bootup process for the storage system based on the fast bootup process being enabled; and

incrementing the fast boot counter after the fast bootup process is performed, wherein the fast boot counter keeps a persistent count of a quantity of times the fast bootup process has been performed.

14 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

updating a flag stored in a memory device of the storage system based on the fast bootup process being enabled, wherein the flag is indicative of whether the fast bootup process is enabled.

15 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

receiving, from a host device, a command enabling the fast bootup process, wherein the fast bootup process is enabled based on receiving the command.

16 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

parsing parameters of the command; and

determining whether the parameters are valid, wherein enabling the fast bootup process is based on determining that the parameters are valid.

17 . The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

storing the parameters in a protected region of the memory device.

18 . The method of claim 16 , wherein an error response is sent to the host device based on the parameters being invalid parameters.

19 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

reenabling the fast bootup process after the fast bootup process has been disabled; and

resetting the fast boot counter based on the fast bootup process being reenabled.

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