DIRECT HINTING FOR A MEMORY DEVICE

摘要

A data storage area of a data storage device can be used to communicate information between the data storage device and an external device or software. In some examples, configuration data stored within the data storage area can be used to determine a subset of data to copy or move from a first data storage medium to a second data storage medium. The data storage area can be a unique partition and the data storage device can locate partition information to determine a location of the partition. The data storage device can then use the partition to store data for two-way communication between the data storage device and an external system, device, or software.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
a controller configured to:
receive a write command from a host including first data to be stored at a direct hint partition of a first memory, the direct hint partition reserved to store the first data sent from the host to influence one or more the operations of the apparatus;store the first data to the direct hint partition;read the first data from the direct hint partition to determine an operation to perform; andperform the operation based on the first data.