Write Same Command Descriptor Block-Data Format; Write Same Command-Field Descriptions - Maxtor ATLAS 10K III Product Manual

SCSI Description
The WRITE SAME command requests that the drive write the single sector of data
transferred by the initiator to the medium multiple times. The data format and field
descriptions are shown in Table 5-222 and Table 5-223 respectively.
T a b l e 5 - 2 2 2 WRITE SAME Command Descriptor Block-Data Format
$ K V
$ [ V G
0
1
2 - 5
6
7 - 8
9
T a b l e 5 - 2 2 3 WRITE SAME Command-Field Descriptions
( K G N F
Physical Block Data. – Not supported.
PBdata
Logical Block Data. – A value of 1 requests that the drive replace the first four
LBdata bytes of the data to be written to the current logical sector with the logical sector
address of the sector currently being written.
RelAdr Relative Address. – Not supported.
Logical
Block Ad- The address of the first logical sector where the Write operation will occur.
dress
This field contains the number of contiguous logical blocks that are to be written.
Number of
A value of 0 requests that all the remaining logical blocks on the medium are to
Blocks
be written.
5-176 Maxtor Atlas 10K III
  
Reserved
 
Operation Code (41h)
PBdata
Logical Block Address
Reserved
Number of Blocks
Control
& G U E T K R V K Q P
6 J K U H K G N F O W U V D G \ G T Q 
6 J K U H K G N F O W U V D G \ G T Q 
  
LBdta RelAdr