Magnetic disk drive and method for controlling write operation

Details Magnetic disk drive and method for controlling write operation Magnetic disk drive and method for controlling write operation

2005-11-17

2008-09-23

Thai, Tuan V. (Department: 2186)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

Storage accessing and control

Specific memory composition

C711S100000, C711S111000, C711S112000, C711S154000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07428612

ABSTRACT:
Embodiments of the invention reduce the time required to execute an erase command received from the host device and thereby reduce the time that the interface bus to the host device must spend for the command. In one embodiment, a host issues an erase command. Upon receiving the command, a control processor (MPU) registers address information on the area(s) to be erased in a table in a data buffer. Then, the magnetic disk drive copies the table to a dedicated area of a disk medium or a dedicated area of separately provided nonvolatile memory in order to hold and use the table even after the drive is restarted after a shutdown. After storing the address information on the area(s) to be erased into the table, the control processor (MPU) causes a hard disk controller (HDC) to send an erase command completion notification to the host.

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