Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification

14.51Write Multiple Ext (39h)

 

Command Block Output Registers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Command Block Input Registers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Register

 

 

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Register

 

 

 

 

 

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0

 

Data Low

 

 

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Data Low

 

 

 

 

 

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Data High

 

 

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Data High

 

 

 

 

 

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Feature

 

 

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Error

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sector Count

Current

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Sector Count

 

HOB=0

 

 

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HOB=1

 

 

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LBA Low

Current

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LBA Low

 

HOB=0

 

 

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LBA Mid

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LBA Mid

 

HOB=0

 

 

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HOB=0

 

 

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Device

 

 

 

 

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Command

 

 

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Status

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

...See Below...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Error Register

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Status Register

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ABT

 

 

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Figure 106 Write Multiple Ext Command (39h)

The Write Multiple Ext command transfers one or more sectors from the host to the device, then the data is written to the disk media.

Command execution is identical to the Write Sector(s) Ext command except that an interrupt is generated for each block (as defined by the Set Multiple command) instead of for each sector. The sectors are transferred through the Data Register 16 bits at a time.

Output Parameters To The Device

Sector Count Current

The number of continuous sectors to be transferred low order, bits (7:0)

Sector Count Previous

The number of continuous sectors to be transferred high order, bits (15:8). If zero is

LBA Low Current

specified in the Sector Count register, then 65,536 sectors shall be transferred.

LBA (7:0).

LBA Low Previous

LBA (31:24).

LBA Mid Current

LBA (15:8).

LBA Mid Previous

LBA (39:32).

LBA High Current

LBA (23:16).

LBA High Previous

LBA (47:40).

Input Parameters From The Device

LBA Low (HOB=0)

LBA (7:0) of the address of the first unrecoverable error.

LBA Low (HOB=1)

LBA (31:24) of the address of the first unrecoverable error.

LBA Mid (HOB=0)

LBA (15:8) of the address of the first unrecoverable error.

LBA Mid (HOB=1)

LBA (39:32) of the address of the first unrecoverable error.

LBA High (HOB=0)

LBA (23:16) of the address of the first unrecoverable error.

LBA High (HOB=1)

LBA (47:40) of the address of the first unrecoverable error.

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