5.3 Host Commands

Note: READ LONG (0x22) command/WRITE LONG (0x33) command became a unsupport from the MHV2xxxAS series.

Notes:

FR: Features Register

CY: Cylinder Registers

SC: Sector Count Register

DH: Drive/Head Register

SN: Sector Number Register

R:Retry at error

1 = Without retry

0 = With retry

Y:Necessary to set parameters

Y*: Necessary to set parameters under the LBA mode.

N:Not necessary to set parameters (The parameter is ignored if it is set.) N*: May set parameters

D:The device parameter is valid, and the head parameter is ignored. *O: Option (customizing)

D*: The command is addressed to the master device, but both the master device and the slave device execute it.

X:Do not care

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MHV2060AS, MHV2080AS, MHV2040AS specifications

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