Adaptec ACB-5500 User Manual page 106

51/4" winchester disk controller scsi to st506
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Bytes 3 and 4 specify the length of the data to be sent.
The data length specified in the command must be at least 4 bytes
long and should be equal to the length of the data block to be
passed over to the controller.
If the length specified is longer
than needed, the excess is ignored and not transferred.
BIT
BYTE
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
------1------1------1------1------1------1------1------
00
Diagnostic SpecifIer
01
02
03
04
05
06
N+5
Reserved (0)
High Byte of Start Address or Qualifier
Low Byte of Start Address
High Byte of Patch Length
Low Byte of Patch Length
Optional Patch Data
Optional Patch Data
Figure 6-35.
SEND DIAGNOSTIC Parameter Format
Byte 00 of the Parameter List specifies the particular diagnostic
function being requested.
The following options are presently
available.
60
Reinitialize Drive
61
Dump Hardware Area (4000-40FF)*
62
Dump RAM (8000-80FF, COOO-COFF)
63
Patch Hardware Area*
64
Patch RAM*
65
Set Read Error Handling Options
66
Initiate Trace
*Standard diagnostics do not require these functions
The detailed format for each of these options is described below.
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