Host Interface

Sense Key outlines the error. The definition of Sense Key is listed in Table 4.102.

Table 4.102 Sense Key code

Sense Key

Abbreviation

Definition

 

 

 

0h

NO SENSE

Indicates there is no sense key to be reported. NO

 

 

SENSE is set when a command ends normally.

 

 

 

1h

RECOVERED ERROR

Indicates that recovery ends successfully or that the

 

 

command ends normally using the internal default value

 

 

even if invalid data is detected in command parameters.

 

 

(Not reported when the PER bit is 0.)

 

 

 

2h

NOT READY

Indicates that access with an access command cannot be

 

 

executed.

 

 

 

3h

MEDIUM ERROR

Indicates that an unrecoverable error is detected due to

 

 

media failure.

 

 

 

4h

HARDWARE ERROR

Indicates that an unrecoverable error is detected due to

 

 

hardware failure.

 

 

 

5h

ILLEGAL REQUEST

Indicates that command packets or command parameters

 

 

contains invalid data. Media data remains unchanged.

 

 

 

6h

UNIT ATTENTION

Indicates that reset, power-on, or media exchange is caused.

 

 

 

7h

DATA PROTECT

Indicates that media is write-protected with the Write

 

 

Protect key or the device is softwre-write-protected.

 

 

 

8h

BLANK CHECK

Indicates that a blank sector is detected. Not used

 

 

 

9h-Ah

Reserved

Not used

 

 

 

Bh

ABORTED

Indicates that the command is interrupted.

 

COMMAND

 

 

 

 

Ch-Fh

Reserved

Not used

 

 

 

The information indicates LBA of an error block. If an error occurs in multiple blocks, the LBA of the first block is indicated.

Command-Specific Information indicates the logical track address of the block indicated in Information (or logical block address). The track address format is shown in Table 4.103.

Table 4.103 Logical block address format

Byte

Description

 

 

8-9

Logical track address

1000H

11Logical sector address

4-68

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