Patent ID: 8583835
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of communicating a non-standard storage subsystem command from a host system to a non-volatile storage subsystem without the need for a special driver that supports the non-standard command, the method comprising: on the host system, discovering, via interaction with the non-volatile storage subsystem, a set of target addresses of the non-volatile storage subsystem used for execution of non-standard storage commands; causing the non-volatile storage subsystem to execute the non-standard storage subsystem command by sending a write data command from the host system to the non-volatile storage subsystem, the write data command specifying the selected target address and comprising write data to be stored at a memory location of the non-volatile storage subsystem corresponding to the selected target address, and the write command being sent via execution, on the host system, of a driver that does not recognize the non-standard storage subsystem command or the discovery of the target address; whereby the non-standard storage subsystem command is specified by the selected target address, and wherein the non-standard storage subsystem command is not embedded in the write data.