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Silicon Image SSD-C08G(I)-3600 manual Initialize Drive Parameters 91h

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ATA COMMAND BLOCK AND SET DESCRIPTION

SSD-CXXX(I)-3600 DATA SHEET

Initialize Drive Parameters — 91h

Initialize Drive Parameters allows the host to set the sector counts per track and the head counts per cylinder to 1 Fixed. Upon issuance of the command, the device sets the BSY bit and associated parameters, clears the BSY bit, and issues an interrupt.

Table 55: Initialize Drive Parameters — 91h

Register

D7

D6

 

D5

D4

 

D3

D2

 

D1

D0

Feature

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sector Count

 

 

Sector Count (Number of Sectors)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sector Number

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cylinder Low

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cylinder High

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drive Head

X

0

 

X

Drive

 

 

Head Number

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Number of Heads — 1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Command

 

 

 

 

91h

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SSD-C08G(I)-3600 specifications

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