SCSI Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

READ BUFFER Command-Field Descriptions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table5-130

 

 

 

 

Four modes are supported by the drive; Combined Header and Data, Data Only, Descrip-

 

 

Mode(KGNF￿

tor Only, and Read Data from Echo Buffer&GUETKRVKQP. The permissible values for Buffer ID, Buffer

 

 

 

Offset, are as follows:

 

 

 

 

Combined Header and Data – In this mode, data to be transferred is preceded by a 4-

 

 

 

byte header that contains the buffer capacity. The resulting descriptor and data are trans-

 

 

 

ferred to the initiator during the command’s data-in buffer transfer.

 

 

 

0000b

must be 0

 

 

 

 

 

must be 0

 

 

 

 

Allocation length must be set to between 0 and 516 (4 bytes of header and up to 512

 

 

 

bytes of data).

 

 

 

 

 

Data Only– In this mode, the data-in buffer transfer contains data from the controller’s

 

 

 

memory+&.

 

 

 

 

 

 

. When non-zero, the value specifies a specific track line in the controller’s

 

 

 

cache. If Buffer ID of zero is specified, the buffer referenced is the same as if a Buffer ID

 

 

0010b

of$WHHGTone￿were specified.

 

 

 

 

. When non-zero, the value of Buffer Offset can range from 0 to one less

 

 

 

1HHUGV

 

 

 

than the number of sectors/track multiplied by 512. This value must be either a zero or

 

 

 

a multiple of 512.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Must be between zero and the maximum number of sectors/track mul-

 

 

 

#NNQECVKQP+&1HHUGV￿￿.GPIVJ￿￿

 

 

 

 

 

tiplied by 512.

 

 

 

 

 

Descriptor Only

 

 

 

 

 

When requesting a descriptor (a description of the buffer referenced in the Buffer IDfield),

 

 

 

the resulting data is the offset boundary requirements and the length of each buffer.

 

 

 

When non-zero, the value specifies a specific track line within the controller’s

 

 

0011b

cache. If Buffer ID of 0 is specified, the buffer referenced is the same as if a Buffer ID of

 

 

 

1$WHHGTwere￿specified.

 

 

 

 

 

1HHUGV￿Must be zero

 

 

 

 

#NNQECVKQP+&￿￿.GPIVJ￿￿

Must be between 4 (header) and the maximum number of sectors/

 

 

 

track multiplied by 512 + header size.

 

 

 

1010b

Read Data from Echo Buffer

 

 

 

 

In this mode, the drive transfers data to the host from the echo buffer. The echo buffer

 

 

 

will transfer the same data as when the WRITE BUFFER command with the mode field

 

 

 

set to echo buffer was issued.

 

 

 

 

Ignored.

 

 

 

 

 

$WHHGT￿

Ignored.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1HHUGV

 

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