Chapter 6
6.1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 6-1
6.2 SOFTWARE INTERFACE.......................................................................................... 6-1
6.4.1 ATA Bus Interface .............................................................................................. 6-1
6.7.1 Recalibrate ........................................................................................................ 6-29
6.7.2 Read Sectors ..................................................................................................... 6-30
6.7.3 Write Sectors .................................................................................................... 6-31
6.7.5 Seek .................................................................................................................. 6-33
6.7.9 SMART ............................................................................................................. 6-38
6.7.12 Set Multiple Mode ........................................................................................... 6-50
6.7.13 Read DMA ....................................................................................................... 6-51
6.7.14 Write DMA ....................................................................................................... 6-52
6.7.16 IDLE IMMEDIATE ......................................................................................... 6-55
6.7.17 STANDBY ....................................................................................................... 6-56
6.7.18 IDLE ................................................................................................................. 6-57
6.7.19 READ BUFFER ................................................................................................ 6-58
6.7.21 SLEEP .............................................................................................................. 6-60
6.7.22 FLUSH CACHE ............................................................................................... 6-61
6.7.23 WRITE BUFFER .............................................................................................. 6-62
6.7.24 IDENTIFY DRIVE ........................................................................................... 6-63
6.7.25 Set Features EFh .............................................................................................. 6-71
6.7.27 Read Defect List ............................................................................................... 6-72
6.7.28 Configuration ................................................................................................... 6-75
6.8 ERROR REPORTING ............................................................................................... 6-86
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