IP Library Patent Application 15726065
Patent Application
App. No. 15/726,065

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING POST-PACKAGE REPAIR VISIBILITY TO A HOST FOR MEMORY RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, AND SERVICEABILITY

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15/726,065
Abstract

An information handling system comprising a processor, a memory system communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory system comprising a plurality of spare rows for post-package repair of the memory system, and one or more instructions stored in non-transitory computer readable media and configured to, when executed, cause the processor to: communicate a command to the memory system requesting information associated with an availability of spare rows for post-package repair of the memory system and receive a response to the command, the command comprising the information associated with the availability.

Claims (29)

1 . An information handling system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory system communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory system comprising a plurality of spare rows for post-package repair of the memory system; and

one or more instructions stored in non-transitory computer readable media and configured to, when executed, cause the processor to:

communicate a command to the memory system requesting information associated with an availability of spare rows for post-package repair of the memory system; and

receive a response to the command, the command comprising the information associated with the availability, wherein the information associated with the availability comprises contents of one or more memory registers of the memory system.

2 . The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the information comprises at least one of a number of available spare rows and a memory location of one or more available spare rows.

3 . The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the command is implemented using an opcode compatible with a memory standard for the memory system.

4 . The information handling system of claim 3 , wherein the opcode is defined by the memory standard.

5 . The information handling system of claim 3 , wherein the opcode is a vendor-specific opcode.

6 . (canceled)

7 . A method comprising:

communicating a command from to a memory system comprising a plurality of spare rows for post-package repair of the memory system, the command for requesting information associated with an availability of spare rows for post-package repair of the memory system; and

receiving a response to the command, the command comprising the information associated with the availability, wherein the information associated with the availability comprises contents of one or more memory registers of the memory system.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the information comprises at least one of a number of available spare rows and a memory location of one or more available spare rows.

9 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the command is implemented using an opcode compatible with a memory standard for the memory system.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the opcode is defined by the memory standard.

11 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the opcode is a vendor-specific opcode.

12 . (canceled)

13 . An article of manufacture comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable medium; and

computer-executable instructions carried on the non-transitory computer-readable medium, the instructions readable by a processor, the instructions, when read and executed, for causing the processor to:

communicate a command from to a memory system comprising a plurality of spare rows for post-package repair of the memory system, the command for requesting information associated with an availability of spare rows for post-package repair of the memory system; and

receive a response to the command, the command comprising the information associated with the availability, wherein the information associated with the availability comprises contents of one or more memory registers of the memory system.

14 . The article of claim 13 , wherein the information comprises at least one of a number of available spare rows and a memory location of one or more available spare rows.

15 . The article of claim 13 , wherein the command is implemented using an opcode compatible with a memory standard for the memory system.

16 . The article of claim 15 , wherein the opcode is defined by the memory standard.

17 . The article of claim 15 , wherein the opcode is a vendor-specific opcode.

18 . (canceled)

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