12.5 Flush Cache EXT (EAh)
Table 50: Flush Cache command (E7h)
Command Block Output Registers
Register
Data Low
Data High
Current
Feature
Previous
Current
Sector
Count
Previous
Current
LBA Low
Previous
Current
LBA Mid
Previous
Current
LBA High
Previous
Device/Head
Command
7
6
5
CRC UNC
0
0
0
0
This command causes the device to complete writing data from its cache.
The device returns good status after data in the write cache is written to disk media.
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
- - - D - - - -
1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
Error Register
4
3
2
1
IDN
0
ABT T0N AMN
0
0
V
0
Travelstar 5K100 (Serial ATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification
Command Block Input Registers
Register
Data Low
Data High
Error
Sector
Count
LBA Low
LBA Mid
LBA High
Device/Head
Status
0
7
6
BSY RDY DF DSC DRQ
0
0
V
86
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
see below
HOB=0
- - - - - - - -
HOB=1
- - - - - - - -
HOB=0
- - - - - - - -
HOB=1
- - - - - - - -
HOB=0
- - - - - - - -
HOB=1
- - - - - - - -
HOB=0
- - - - - - - -
HOB=1
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
See below ...
Status Register
5
4
3
2
COR IDX
0
V
-
0
1
0
ERR
-
V