Apparatus, system, and method for providing error correction

摘要

An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for providing error correction for a data storage device. A determination module determines an error-correcting code (“ECC”) characteristic of the data storage device. An ECC module validates requested data read from the data storage device using a hardware ECC decoder. In response to the requested data satisfying a correction threshold, a software ECC decoder module validates the data using a software ECC decoder. The software ECC decoder is configured according to the ECC characteristic of the data storage device.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
determining at least one error-correcting code (“ECC”) characteristic of a data storage device, the at least one ECC characteristic comprising a hardware correction threshold for a hardware ECC decoder and a software correction threshold for a software ECC decoder, wherein the hardware correction threshold and the software correction threshold are based on a device version for the data storage device; validating requested data read from the data storage device using the hardware ECC decoder; and validating, based on the at least one ECC characteristic, requested data read from the data storage device using the software ECC decoder in response to the data satisfying the software correction threshold.