Maxtor 10K III manual 013, Format Unit Command Supported Options, Bytes or eight bytes in length

SCSI Description

￿￿￿￿￿￿(KXGFive￿(QTOUdifferent￿QH￿forms(14/#6of the￿70+6FORMAT￿%QOOCPFUUNIT command are supported through different combinations of the Format Data bit, Complete List bit, and the information in the Defect List Length field. (Refer to FORMAT UNIT Defect Header List for a description of the Defect List Length field.) The different command forms give the initiator control over the contents of the Grown Defect List. Table 5-13describes the contents of the Grown Defect List after FORMAT UNIT command execution.

FORMAT UNIT Command Supported Options

(OV&CV0	%OR.UV.&GHGEVGPIVJ.N/AKUV￿￿			All %QPVGPVUsectors found￿QH￿)TQYP%QOOCPFto be bad,￿&GHGEVbut￿not'ZGEWVKQP￿.KUVlisted￿CHVGTin￿(14/#6the Primary￿70+6Defect￿
				List or Grown Defect List, are added to the Grown Defect List.
1				Same as above.
				The existing Grown Defect List is discarded. A new Grown De-
1				fect List is generated, containing All sectors found to be bad, but
				not listed in the Primary Defect List.
				The Grown Defect List contains:
				Original Grown Defect List
				All sectors found to be bad, but not listed in the Primary Defect
1	0	>0		List.
				A list of sectors supplied by the initiator. These sectors are
				passed in defect descriptors in the data-out buffer transfer that
				occurs as part of the FORMAT UNIT command.
1	1	Table5->013		Same as the case above, except that the current Grown Defect
				List is discarded before formatting begins.
￿￿￿￿￿￿(14/#6The FORMAT￿70+6￿2UNITCTCOGVGTParameter￿.KUVList (Table 5-14)consists of a Defect List Header
	(Table 5-15)followed by one or more Defect Descriptors. Descriptors are either four
	bytes or eight bytes in length.
			FORMAT UNIT Parameter List-Data Format
	$[VG-$3KV		￿		￿		Defect￿List Header￿	￿	￿	￿
					Initialization Pattern Descriptor (if any)
		Table5-				Defect Descriptors (if any)
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