A conventional bootloader can conflict with the operating system (OS) of a multi-processor system. An OS-friendly bootloader and methods are described that integrate an OS with a bootloader in any system in which a host processor and a client processor have a communication mechanism that requires the...http://www.google.com/patents/US7356680?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7356680 - Method of loading information into a slave processor in a multi-processor system using an operating-system-friendly boot loader
