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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2007
Applicants:
Timothy R. Feldman, Louisville, CO (US);
Jonathan W. Haines, Boulder, CO (US);
Craig W. Miller, Loveland, CO (US);
Edwin S. Olds, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Inventors:
Timothy R. Feldman, Louisville, CO (US);
Jonathan W. Haines, Boulder, CO (US);
Craig W. Miller, Loveland, CO (US);
Edwin S. Olds, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The application relates to defect management using mutable logical to physical association. Embodiments disclosed utilize mutable mapping between logical blocks and physical blocks. Dynamically updated mapping data, which mutably associates the logical blocks and the physical blocks, also includes physical block defect allocations.