Patent ID: 8694688
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A disk controller for implementing efficient disk I/O for a computer system, comprising: a bus interface for interfacing with a processor and a system memory of the computer system; a disk I/O engine coupled to the bus interface; a device interface coupled to the disk I/O engine for interfacing the disk I/O engine with a disk drive, wherein the disk I/O engine causes a start up of the drive mechanism of the disk drive upon receiving a disk start up command from the processor and before packaging of disk transaction information associated with the start up, and wherein the disk I/O engine further executes a disk transaction by processing the disk transaction information from a bypass register located inside the disk controller and coupled to the disk I/O engine; and a completion status register for storing only completion status data and tracking the completion status of a plurality of commands simultaneously comprising respective individual bits that correspond to one of a plurality of commands that are coupled to the disk I/O engine and configured to notify the disk I/O engine wherein a position of said respective individual bits indicate a completion status of a corresponding pending disk I/O command.