11.4 Flush Cache (E7h)
Command Block Output
Register
Data
Feature
Sector Count
Sector Number
Cylinder Low
Cylinder High
Device/Head
Command
Error Register
7
6
5
CRC
UNC
0
0
0
0
Figure 96. Flush Cache Command (E7h)
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.
Registers
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
1 - 1 D - - - -
1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1
4
3
2
1
IDN
0
ABT
T0N
0
0
V
0
Deskstar 180GXP hard disk drive specifications
Command Block Input
Register
Data
Error
Sector Count
Sector Number
Cylinder Low
Cylinder High
Device/Head
Status
Status Register
0
7
6
AMN
BSY
RDY
DF
0
0
V
115
Registers
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
- - - - - - - -
see below
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
see below
5
4
3
2
1
DSC
DRQ
COR
IDX
0
V
–
0
–
0
ERR
V