SCS I Description
M axtor Atlas 10K III 5-111
The READ DEFECT DATA (10) command directs the drive to report defect
informat ion about the dr ive’s medium. Refer to the F ORMAT UNIT comman d for
information a bout def ect s. The dat a fo rmat and field descript ions a r e sho wn in Tabl e
5-134 and Table 5-135 respectively. The data sent to the host in the command’s data-
in buffer transfer co nsists of a four-by te D efect List header ( Tab le 5-138 and
Tab l e 5-139) , fo l low e d b y a n y De fect D e s cr i pt ors (Tab le 5-136 a n d Ta b le 5-137 ) .
The READ DEFECT DATA (10) Command Descriptor Block is shown in
Table 5-142; the data fields are described in Table 5-135.
READ DEFECT DATA (10) Command-Data Format
0 Opera tion C ode (3 7h )
1 Reserved
2 Reserved Plist Glist Defect List Format
3 - 6 Re served
7 - 8 (MSB) Alloc ati on Length (LSB)
9 Control