Spinpoint M8-DVR OEM Product Manual REV 1.0
5.3 SERVO SYSTEM
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5.4 READ AND WRITE OPERATIONS
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5.4.1 The Read
Channel...........................................................................................................31
5.4.2 The Write
Channel ..........................................................................................................32
5.5 FIRMWARE FEATURES
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5.5.1 Read Caching
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5.5.2 Write
Caching
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5.5.3 Defect Management
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5.5.4 Automatic Defect Allocation
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5.5.5
SMART............................................................................................................................34
5.5.6 APM
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CHAPTER 6 SATA II INTERFACE
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6.1 INTRODUCTION
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6.1.1 SATA Terminology............................................................ ......................................... ...35
6.2 PHYSICAL INTERFACE
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6.3 SIGNAL SUMMARY
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6.3.1 Signal
Descriptions.........................................................................................................37
6.3.2 I/O Register - Address
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6.3.3 Control Block Register Descriptions
..............................................................................38
6.3.3.1 Alternate Status Register (ex. 3F6h) ............................................................... ........................... 38
6.3.3.2 Device Control Register (ex. 3F6h)...................................................... .............................. ........ 39
6.3.4 Command Block Register Descriptions
..........................................................................39
6.3.4.1 Data Register (Ex. 1F0h)............................................................................................................ 39
6.3.4.2 Features Register a nd Feature Extended Register (Ex. 1F1h) .................................................... 39
6.3.4.3 Sector Number Register and Sector Number Extended Register (Ex. 1F3h) .............................. 39
6.3.4.4 Error Register (Ex. 1F1h) ........................................................................................................... 39
6.3.4.5 Sector Count Register and Sector Count Extended Register (Ex. 1F2h) .................................... 4 0
6.3.4.6 Cylinder High Register and Cylinder High Extended Register (Ex. 1F5h) ................................ 40
6.3.4.7 Cylinder Low Register and Cylinder Low Extended Register (Ex. 1F4h) .................................. 40
6.3.4.8 Command Register (Ex. 1F7h)............................................ ....................................................... 40
6.3.4.9 Device Register (Ex. 1F6h) ........................................................................................................ 40
6.3.4.10 Status Register (Ex. 1F7h) .............................................................................................. ........... 41
CHAPTER 7 SATA II FEATURE
SET .............................................................................................42
7.1 DEVICE ACTIVITY SIGNAL
..............................................................................................................42
7.2 STAGGERED SPIN-UP DISABLE CONTROL
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7.3 AUTO-ACTIVATE IN DM A SETUP FIS
............................................................................................42
7.4 NATIVE COMMAND QUEUING (NCQ)
.............................................................................................42
7.5 PHY. EVENT COUNTERS
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7.6 SOFTWARE SETTINGS
P
RESERVATION
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7.7 SATA POWER
M
ANAGEMENT
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CHAPTER 8 ATA COMMAND DESCRIPTIONS
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8.1 COMMAND
T
ABLE
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8.2 COMMAND
D
ESCRIPTIONS
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8.2.1 Check Power Mode
(E5h)...............................................................................................47
8.2.2 Download Micro Code
(92h)
..........................................................................................47
8.2.3 Device Configuration Overlay
(B1h)
..............................................................................47
8.2.4 Execute Device Diagnostics
(90h) ..................................................................................49
8.2.5 Flush Cache (E7h, EAh:
extended).................................................................................49
8.2.6 Format Track (50h)
........................................................................................................49
8.2.7 Identify Device (ECh)
.....................................................................................................49
8.2.8 Idle
(E3h)
........................................................................................................................55
8.2.9 Idle Immediate (E1h)
......................................................................................................55
8.2.10 Initialize Device Parameters
(91h)
.................................................................................56
8.2.11 NOP
(00h).......................................................................................................................56
8.2.12 Read Buffer
(E4h) ...........................................................................................................56
8.2.13 Read DMA (C8h,
25h:extended).....................................................................................56