Adaptable cache for disc drive

Year	Description
2000	Invention patented by Patrick Tai Wong, Beng Wee Quak, YongPeng Chng, Wesley Wing Chan, and WeiLoon Ng on August 24th, 2000. Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention a disc controller in a disc drive includes a cache memory and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to identify an operating system of a host computer coupled to the disc drive, select a segmentation level for the cache memory based on the identified operating system, and store information in the cache memory according to the segmentation level. According to another embodiment of the present invention a cache memory in a disc drive is operated by identifying an operating system of a host computer coupled to the disc drive, selecting a segmentation level for the cache memory based on the identified operating system, and storing information in the cache memory according to the segmentation level. The operating system is identified by reading a partition type from a master boot record stored in a disc in the disc drive.
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Invention: Adaptable cache for disc drive