Zone-based device with control level selected by the host

A data storage device, comprising:

• a memory device;
• and
• a controller coupled to the memory device, wherein the controller is configured to:
• deliver a list of supported features to a host device, wherein the list of supported features includes wear level handling, garbage collection, data-tagging, read-scrub, and update of management tables;
• receive a selection of the supported features from the host device;
• and
• configure the data storage device in accordance with the selected supported features, wherein the received selection comprises selecting sufficient supported features for the host device to manage such that the data storage device operates as a zoned namespace (ZNS) device.

A data storage device, comprising:

• a memory device;
• and
• a controller coupled to the memory device, wherein the controller is configured to:
• deliver a selection of configurations to a host device, wherein the selection of configurations includes an open channel configuration, a zone namespace (ZNS) configuration, and a configuration in between the ZNS configuration and the open channel configuration.

A data storage device, comprising:

• a memory device;
• a controller coupled to the memory device;
• means to receive a host device instruction to configure the data storage device in a configuration selected by the host device, wherein prior to receiving the host device instruction, the data storage device is capable of operating in either of an open channel configuration, a ZNS configuration or a configuration between the open channel configuration and the ZNS configuration;
• and
• means to configure the data storage device to be able to operate the configuration selected by the host device.