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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2017
Applicant:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Alexander Lemberg, Kfar Saba, IL;
Rotem Sela, Haifa, IL;
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1441 (2013.01);
Abstract
A storage device with a memory may have a hidden diagnostic partition that can only be accessed during debug or diagnostic mode. Debug or diagnostic mode allows a host device to access the debug or diagnostic analysis (e.g. error logs) stored in the hidden diagnostic partition. By default, the hidden diagnostic partition is invisible to the host. When accessed through a triggering event, such as a vendor specific command ('VSC'), the hidden diagnostic partition can be used to report debug and error events.