FAIL-SAFE WRITE BACK CACHING MODE DEVICE DRIVER FOR NON VOLATILE STORAGE DEVICE
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1. A method, comprising:
- performing the following by a device driver of a non volatile storage device;
caching information targeted for said storage device into a non volatile region of a system memory without writing said information through into said storage device.
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Abstract
A method is described that includes performing the following by a device driver of a non volatile storage device: caching information targeted for the storage device into a non volatile region of a system memory without writing the information through into the storage device.
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1. A method, comprising:
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performing the following by a device driver of a non volatile storage device; caching information targeted for said storage device into a non volatile region of a system memory without writing said information through into said storage device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon device driver program code for a non volatile storage device that when processed by one or more processors of a computing system causes a method to be performed, the method comprising:
caching information targeted for said storage device into a non volatile region of a system memory without writing the information through into said storage device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computing system, comprising:
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a) one or more processors coupled to a memory controller; b) a multi-level system memory coupled to said memory controller, said multi-level system memory comprising a non volatile system memory region; c) a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon device driver program code for a non volatile storage device of said computing system that when processed by the one or more processors of said computing system causes a method to be performed, the method comprising; caching information targeted for said storage device into said non volatile region of a system memory without writing the information through into the storage device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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