Command Protocol; Data In Commands; Data Out Commands - Hitachi 7K320 - Travelstar Mobile Hard Drive Specifications

13 Command Protocol

The commands are grouped into different classes according to the protocols followed for command
execution. The command classes with their associated protocols are defined below.
Please refer to Serial ATA Revision 2.6 (Section 11. device command layer protocol) about each
protocol.
For all commands, the host must first check if BSY=1, and should proceed no further unless and
until BSY=0. For all commands, the host must also wait for RDY=1 before proceeding.
A device must maintain either BSY=1 or DRQ=1 at all times until the command is completed. The
INTRQ signal is used by the device to signal most, but not all, times when the BSY bit is changed
from 1 to 0 during command execution.
A command shall only be interrupted with a COMRESET or software reset. The result of writing to
the Command register while BSY=1 or DRQ=1 is unpredictable and may result in data corruption. A
command should only be interrupted by a reset at times when the host thinks there may be a
problem, such as a device that is no longer responding.
Interrupts are cleared when the host reads the Status Register, issues a reset, or writes to the
Command Register.
"Table 140 Timeout Values" on Page 174 shows the device timeout values.

13.1 Data In Commands

These commands are:
 Device Configuration Identify
 Identify Device
 Read Buffer
 Read Log Ext
 Read Multiple
 Read Multiple Ext
 Read Sector(s)
 Read Sector(s) Ext
 S.M.A.R.T. Read Attribute Values
 S.M.A.R.T. Read Attribute Thresholds
 S.M.A.R.T. Read log sector
Execution includes the transfer of one or more 512 byte (>512 bytes on Read Long) sectors of data
from the device to the host.
Note that the status data for a sector of data is available in the Status Register before the sector is
transferred to the host.
If the device detects an invalid parameter, then it will abort the command by setting BSY=0, ERR=1,
ABT=1.
If an error occurs, the device will set BSY=0, ERR=1, and DRQ=1. The device will then store the
error status in the Error Register. The registers will contain the location of the sector in error. The
erroneous location will be reported with CHS mode or LBA mode, the mode is decided by mode select
bit (bit 6) of Device register on issuing the command.

13.2 Data Out Commands

These commands are:
 Device Configuration Set
 Download Microcode
 Format Track
 Security Disable Password
 Security Erase Unit
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