Dma Commands - Hitachi ic35l060avv207-0 - Deskstar 60 GB Hard Drive Specifications

10.4 DMA commands

DMA commands are
Read DMA
Read DMA Ext
Write DMA
Write DMA Ext
Data transfers using DMA commands differ in two ways from PIO transfers:
data transfers are performed using the slave DMA channel
no intermediate sector interrupts are issued on multisector commands
Initiation of the DMA transfer commands is identical to the Read Sector(s) or Write Sector(s) commands
except that the host initializes the slave-DMA channel prior to issuing the command.
The interrupt handler for DMA transfers is different for the following reasons:
no intermediate sector interrupts are issued on multisector commands
the host resets the DMA channel prior to reading status from the device
The DMA protocol allows high performance multitasking operating systems to eliminate processor over-
head associated with PIO transfers.
1. Host initializes the slave DMA channel
2. Host writes any required parameters to the Features, Sector Count, Sector Number, Cylinder
and Device/Head registers.
3. Host writes command code to the Command Register
4. The device sets DMARQ when it is ready to transfer any part of the data.
5. Host transfers the data using the DMA transfer protocol currently in effect.
6. When all of the data has been transferred, the device generates an interrupt to the host.
7. Host resets the slave DMA channel.
8. Host reads the Status Register and optionally the Error Register.
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