Computing systems including storage devices controlled by hosts
View Patent ↗Disclosed is a computing system which includes a storage device and a host. The storage device may include a nonvolatile memory, and the host may control the storage device based on a physical address of the nonvolatile memory and may send an asynchronous event request command to the storage device. The storage device may monitor the nonvolatile memory and may send an asynchronous event request corresponding to the asynchronous event request command to the host based on the monitoring result. The asynchronous event request may include requesting another command from the host based on the monitoring result. In some aspects, the host may send an erase command for erasing to erase a selected memory block of the nonvolatile memory to the storage device. In response, the storage device may send an erase pass response or an erase delay violation response to the host in response to the erase command.
1. A storage device comprising:
a nonvolatile memory; and
a controller configured to receive a first command from an external device, to send a delay violation response to the external device, to receive an asynchronous event request command for requesting an operation, to send an asynchronous event request to the external device, and to receive again the first command from the external device,
wherein the controller is configured to perform the operation after the controller receives again the first command from the external device.
2. The storage device of claim 1 , wherein the first command is a read command, a write command, an erase command, a reclaim command, a garbage collection command, or a copy-back command.
3. The storage device of claim 1 , wherein the asynchronous event request indicates a potential or an actual occurrence of an error.
4. The storage device of claim 1 , wherein the storage device is configured to communicate with the external device using a PCIe-based NVMe interface.
5. The storage device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to receive the asynchronous event request command for requesting an erase operation on a specific memory block of the nonvolatile memory.
6. The storage device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to send a pass response to the external device.
7. The storage device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to send response information indicating an address, a number of erroneous data bits, and/or an erase count of a potential error.
8. A storage device comprising:
a nonvolatile memory; and
a controller configured to receive from an external device an asynchronous event request command for requesting an operation, to monitor the nonvolatile memory, to send an asynchronous event request based on a monitoring result to the external device, and to receive an information request command requesting information about at least a portion of the nonvolatile memory having an error corresponding to the asynchronous event request,
wherein the controller is configured to perform the operation based on a first command received from the external device.
9. The storage device of claim 8 , wherein the first command is associated with a reliability of the nonvolatile memory to perform a reclaim operation, an error correction operation, a garbage collection operation, or a copy-back operation.
10. The storage device of claim 8 , wherein the asynchronous event request indicates a potential or an actual occurrence of the error.
11. The storage device of claim 8 , wherein the controller is configured to send a delay violation response to the external device.
12. The storage device of claim 8 , wherein the controller is configured to receive the asynchronous event request command for requesting an erase operation.
13. The storage device of claim 8 , wherein the controller is configured to send a pass response to the external device.
14. The storage device of claim 8 , wherein the controller is configured to send a response information indicating an address, a number of erroneous data bits, and/or an erase count of a potential error.
15. A storage device comprising:
a nonvolatile memory; and
a controller configured to receive from an external device a first asynchronous event request command for requesting an operation, to monitor the nonvolatile memory, to send a first asynchronous event request based on a first monitoring result to the external device, to receive a second asynchronous event request command, to send a second asynchronous event request based on a second monitoring result, and to receive an information request command requesting information corresponding to the second asynchronous event request,
wherein the controller is configured to perform the operation based on a first command received from the external device.
16. The storage device of claim 15 , wherein the first command is a read command, a write command, an erase command, a reclaim command, a garbage collection command, or a copy-back command.
17. The storage device of claim 15 , wherein the controller is configured to receive the second asynchronous event request command after sending the first monitoring result.
18. The storage device of claim 15 , wherein the information request command includes requesting information about at least a portion of the nonvolatile memory having an error.
19. The storage device of claim 15 , wherein the controller is configured to send response information indicating an address, a number of erroneous data bits, and/or an erase count of a potential error.
20. The storage device of claim 15 , wherein the first asynchronous event request indicates a potential or an actual occurrence of an error.