Selectively Configuring Hard-Disk Drive System
AssigneeLSI Corporation
InventorsSenthil Kumar Kangayampalayam Kandasamy, Ankit Goel, Nishant Kumar Yadav, Rakesh Cherukuri, Saulat Ullah Zuberi
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Abstract
In one embodiment of the disclosure, a hard-disk drive (HDD) controller for an HDD system is selectively configurable to operate with a first type of host system having a first logical block size and a second type of host system having a second logical block size, different from the first logical block size. Another embodiment of the disclosure is a method implemented by the HDD system.
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An apparatus comprising a hard-disk drive (HDD) controller for an HDD system, wherein the HDD controller is selectively configurable to operate with a first type of host system having a first logical block size and a second type of host system having a second logical block size, different from the first logical block size.
A method of operating a hard-disk drive (HDD) controller for an HDD system, the method comprising:
- (a) determining whether the HDD controller is connected to a first type of host system having a first logical block size or a second type of host system having a second logical block size, different from the first logical block size;
- (b) configuring, based on the determination in step (a), the HDD controller to operate with the first type of host system if the HDD controller is connected to a host system of the first type;
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- (c) configuring, based on the determination in step (a), the HDD controller to operate with the second type of host system if the HDD controller is connected to a host system of the second type.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.