Defective data site information storage

1. A method of storing defective data site information for a storage device, the method comprising:

determining a first defective data site associated with the storage device;

determining a second defective data site associated with the storage device;

determining a spacing value that represents spacing between the first defective data site and the second defective data site, wherein determining the spacing value comprises determining a difference value; and

storing the spacing value in or on the storage device.

2. A method of storing defective data site information for a storage device, the method comprising:

determining a first defective data site associated with the storage device, wherein the first defective data site has a first data site number;

determining a second defective data site associated with the storage device, wherein the second defective data site has a second data site number;

determining a spacing value that represents spacing between the first defective data site and the second defective data site, wherein determining a spacing value comprises determining a difference between the first data site number and the second data site number; and

storing the spacing value.

3. A storage device operably couplable to a host and having a first sites for storing data, the data sites comprising a first defective data sites having a first data site number and a second defective data site having a second data site number, wherein the storage device maintains defect information reportable to the host, the defect information comprising a spacing value that represents spacing between the first defective data site and the second defective data sites of the storage device, wherein the spacing value comprises a difference between the first data site number and the second data site number.

4. The storage device of claim 3 , wherein the data sites comprise sectors; further wherein the differences in location between defective data sites are differences in sector numbers.

5. The storage device of claim 3 , wherein the storage device comprises MRAM.

6. The storage device of claim 3 , wherein the storage device comprises a hard drive.

7. The storage device of claim 3 , in combination with a testing controller operably connectable to the storage device for discovering the defective data sites.

8. A method of associating logical sectors with physical sectors of a storage device, the method comprising:

defining a logical sector number;

determining a differential table value based on the logical sector number;

determining an adjustment table value based on the logical sector number; and

determining a physical sector number by adding the differential table value and the adjustment table value to the logical sector number.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein determining an adjustment table value comprises defining a quotient by dividing the logical sector number by a denominator, and using the quotient to obtain the adjustment table value.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the differential table has one entry per logical sector; further wherein the adjustment table has one entry per multiple logical sectors.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein determining an adjustment table value comprises defining a quotient by dividing the logical sector number by a denominator and using the quotient to obtain the adjustment table value; further wherein the number of multiple logical sectors is equal to the denominator.

12. One or more computer-readable media having stored thereon a computer program that when executed by a processor, causes defective data site information storage according to the following method:

determining a first defective data site associated with the storage device;

determining a second defective data site associated with the storage device;

determining a spacing value that represents spacing between the first defective data site and the second defective data site; and

storing the spacing value in or on the storage device.

13. One or more computer-readable media having stored thereon a computer program that, when executed by a processor, causes association of logical sectors with physical sectors of a storage device according to the following method:

defining a logical sector number;

determining a differential table value based on the logical sector number;

determining an adjustment table value based on the logical sector number; and

determining a physical sector number by adding the differential table value and the adjustment table value to the logical sector number.