4.2.1Identify Device command

The Identify Device command (command code ECH) transfers information about the drive to the host following power up. The data is organized as a single 512-byte (256 word) block of data, whose contents are as shown in the following table.

Word

ATA specification

Value

 

 

 

0

General configuration information bit-significant information

0040h

 

Bit 15: 0 = ATA device

 

 

Bit 7: 1 = removable media

 

 

Bit 6: 1 = non-removable/fixed device

 

 

 

 

10–19

Serial number: (20 ASCII characters)

Serial number

 

 

 

23–26

Firmware revision (8 ASCII character string)

Firmware revision

 

 

 

27–46

Drive model number:

Model number

 

(40 ASCII characters, padded with blanks to end of string)

 

 

 

 

47

Bits 7-0: Maximum number of sectors transferred per interrupt on

8010h

Read Multiple/ Write Multiple commands

 

 

49

Capabilities

2B00h

 

Bit 13: 1= Standby timer values specified in ATA-7 are supported

 

 

Bit 11: 1= IORDY supported

 

 

Bit 10: 0= IORDY may not be disabled

 

 

Bit 9 : 1= LBA supported

 

 

Bit 8 : 1= DMA supported

 

53

Bit 2: 1= the fields reported in word 88 are valid

0007h

 

Bit 1: 1= the fields reported in words (70:64) are valid

 

 

 

 

59

Bit 8: 1= Multiple sector setting is valid

0110h

 

Bits 7-0: Current setting for number of sectors transferred during a

 

 

Read/Write Multiple command

 

60–61

Total number of user-addressable LBA sectors available

37E3E40h (30GB)

 

 

6FC7C80h (60GB)

63

Bit 10: 1= Multiword DMA mode 2 is selected

xxx7h

 

0= Multiword DMA mode 2 is not selected

 

 

Bit 9: 1= Multiword DMA mode 1 is selected

 

 

0= Multiword DMA mode 1 is not selected

 

 

Bit 8: 1= Multiword DMA mode 0 is selected

 

 

0= Multiword DMA mode 0 is not selected

 

 

Bit 2: 1= Multiword DMA mode 2 and below are supported

 

 

Bit 1: 1= Multiword DMA mode 1 and below are supported

 

 

Bit 0: 1= Multiword DMA mode 0 is supported

 

64

Bits 7-0: PIO modes supported

0003h

 

 

 

65

Minimum Multiword DMA transfer cycle time per word

0078h

 

Bits 15-0: Cycle time in nanoseconds

 

66

Recommended Multiword DMA transfer cycle time

0078h

 

Bits 15-0: Cycle time in nanoseconds

 

67

Minimum PIO transfer cycle time without flow control

0078h

 

Bits 15-0: Cycle time in nanoseconds

 

68

Minimum PIO transfer cycle time with IORDY flow control

0078h

 

Bits 15-0: Cycle time in nanoseconds

 

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