Maxtor 10K V manual Read Defect Data Command 10 37h, 128READ Defect Data 10 Command-Data Format

5.22READ DEFECT DATA Command (10) (37h)

The READ DEFECT DATA (10) command directs the drive to report defect information about the drive’s medium. Refer to the FORMAT UNIT command for information about defects. The data format and field descriptions are shown in Table 5-128 and Table 5-129 respectively. The data sent to the host in the command’s data- in buffer transfer consists of a four-byte Defect List header (Table 5-132 and

Table 5-133), followed by any Defect Descriptors (Table 5-130 and Table 5-131). The READ DEFECT DATA (10) Command Descriptor Block is shown in Table 5-136; the data fields are described in Table 5-129.

Table 5-128READ DEFECT DATA (10) Command-Data Format

Bit	7	6	5	4		3	2		1	0
Byte
0				Operation	Code (37h)
1				Reserved
2		Reserved		Plist		Glist		Defect List Format
3 - 6				Reserved
7 - 8	(MSB)			Allocation Length
										(LSB)
9				Control

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