ATA REGISTERS

SSD-PXXX(I)-3100 DATA SHEET

CYLINDER LOW REGISTER

The Cylinder Low register is set by the host to specify the cylinder number low byte. Following an ATA command, the content of the register is written by the device, identifying the cylinder number low byte.

In LBA mode, the 8-bit register maintains the contents of the Logical Block number address bits A15:A08.

Table 38: Cylinder Low Register

Operation

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Read/Write

 

Cylinder

Number

Low

Byte (CHS Addressing)

 

 

 

 

Logical Block Number bits A15-A08 (LBA Addressing)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Default Value

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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