Read Defect Data Command (10) (37H) - Maxtor Atlas 10K V Product Manual

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READ DEFECT DATA Command (10) (37h)

The READ DEFECT DATA (10) command directs the drive to report defect
information about the drive's medium. Refer to the FORMAT UNIT command for
information about defects. The data format and field descriptions are shown in Table
5-128 and Table 5-129 respectively. The data sent to the host in the command's data-
in buffer transfer consists of a four-byte Defect List header (Table 5-132 and
Table 5-133), followed by any Defect Descriptors (Table 5-130 and Table 5-131).
The READ DEFECT DATA (10) Command Descriptor Block is shown in
Table 5-136; the data fields are described in Table 5-129.
Table 5-128
Bit
Byte
0
1
2
3 - 6
(MSB)
7 - 8
9
READ DEFECT DATA (10) Command-Data Format
7 6 5
Reserved
4 3
Operation Code (37h)
Reserved
Plist Glist
Reserved
Allocation Length
Control
Maxtor Atlas 10K V
2 1 0
Defect List Format
(LSB)
5-97