Method, system, and program for using a table to determine an erase operation to perform

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6338114
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09377023

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Disclosed is a method, system, program, and memory for erasing data. A table is provided indicating different groupings of system functions. Each grouping indicates at least one system function. For each grouping there is code to perform erase operations. An erase command to erase data in at least one storage location is received. A determination is then made of the grouping having system functions supported by the system and the table is processed to determine the code for the determined grouping. The code for the determined grouping is executed to perform erase operations with respect to each storage location.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONNEW ORCHARD ROAD ARMONK NY 10504

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Paulsen, Michael Aloysius late of Morgan Hill, CA 6 379
Shackelford, David Michael Tucson, AZ 54 1309
Thompson, John Glenn Tucson, AZ 19 827

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