ATA REGISTERS

SSD-CXXX(I)-3600 DATA SHEET

DRIVE/HEAD REGISTER

The Drive/Head register is used by the host and the device to select the type of addressing (CHS or LBA), the drive letter, and either bits 3-0 of the head number in CHS mode or logical block number bits 27-24 in LBA mode.

Table 40: Drive/Head Register

Operation

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Read/Write

1

LBA

1

DRV

HS3

HS2

HS1

HS0

 

 

 

 

 

LBA27 LBA26 LBA25 LBA24

Default

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Drive/Head register is used by the host to specify one of a pair of ATA drives present in the platform.

Bit(s)

Description

 

 

6

LBA. Selects between CHS (0) and LBA (1) addressing mode.

4Drive Address (DRV). Indicates the drive number selected by the host, either 0 or 1.

3-0 HS3 to 0. Indicates bits 3-0 of the head number in CHS addressing mode or LBA bits 27-24 in LBA mode.

•CHS to LBA conversion: LBA = (C x HpC + H) x SpH + S -1

•LBA to CHS conversion:

C = LBA/(HpC x SpH)

H = (LBA/SpH) mod (HpC)

S = (LBA mod(SpH)) + 1

...where:

C is the cylinder number H is the head number S is the sector count

HpC is the head count per cylinder count SpH is the sector count per head count (track)

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