Table of Contents
Advertisement
Input Parameters From The Device
Sector Count Current bit 15
Sector Count Current bit 14
Sector Count Current bit 13
Cylinder Low (HOB=0)
Sector Number (HOB=0)
Error Output
After the sanitize operation has completed, if any physical sector that is available to be allocated for user data was
not successfully sanitized, then this command returns the ABORT bit set to one.
Sector Number (HOB=0)
Sanitize Operation Completed Without Error.
1: the Sanitize Device state machine enters SD4: Sanitize Operation
Succeeded.
0: the Sanitize Device state machine enters SD2: Sanitize Operation. The
value of this bit is maintained across power-on resets.
Sanitize operation in progress
Device is in the SD1: Sanitize Frozen state
The Sanitize Progress Indication (15:8).
Progress indicator for the current sanitizes operation when the Sanitize Device
state machine is in the SD2: Sanitize Operation state. This value is FFFFh if the
Sanitize Device state machine is not in the
SD2: Sanitize Operation state (i.e., a sanitize operation is not in process). The
returned value is a numerator that has 65536 (10000h) as its denominator.
The Sanitize Progress Indication (7:0). Ditto.
Sanitize Device Error (7:0)
00h Reason not reported
01h Sanitize Command Unsuccessful. The sanitize operation completed with
physical sectors that are available to be allocated for user data that were
not successfully sanitized.
02h Invalid or unsupported Sanitize Device Feature Field Value
03h Device is in the Sanitize Frozen state
04h..FFh Reserved
Western Digital Hard Disk Drive OEM Specification
231
Advertisement
Table of Contents
