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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2018
Applicant:
Dell Products, Lp, Round Rock, TX (US);
Inventors:
Allen Chester Wynn, Round Rock, TX (US);
Frank Quintanilla, III, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0647 (2013.01); G06F 3/0616 (2013.01); G06F 3/0652 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01);
Abstract
A record is maintained of cumulative erase operations performed at each block of a firmware flash memory device. It is determined that a number of erase operations performed at a first block at the firmware flash memory device exceeds a first threshold value. It is further determined that a number of erase operations performed at a second block at the firmware flash memory device does not exceed a second threshold value. Data stored at the first block is relocated to the second block.