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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Dell Products, L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Inventors:
Damon Hsu-Hung, Sudbury, MA (US);
Jeffrey L. Grummon, Milford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Dell Products, LP, Round Rock, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0614 (2013.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/0626 (2013.01); G06F 3/0634 (2013.01); G06F 3/0644 (2013.01); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01); G06F 11/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an input/output (I/O) request for data that starts or ends at a location other than a physical sector boundary of the device. The method further includes reading, starting at a first physical sector boundary before a beginning location specified in the I/O request and ending at a second physical sector boundary after an ending location specified in the request.