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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2011
Michael S. Allison, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Nathan J. Hughes, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Stephen J. Silva, Fort Collins, CO (US);
John A. Strange, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Michael S. Allison, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Nathan J. Hughes, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Stephen J. Silva, Fort Collins, CO (US);
John A. Strange, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for testing non-volatile storage devices are disclosed that provide functionality to control when testing of the non-volatile storage device is performed. In one embodiment, information stored in persistent memory indicates whether testing is enabled or disabled. For example, the testing information may indicate that testing is to be performed upon a first initialization of a non-volatile storage device, but not in connection with subsequent power-up events. Furthermore, functionality is disclosed for re-running and/or bypassing testing of the non-volatile storage device.