ATA COMMAND BLOCK AND SET DESCRIPTION

SSD-PXXX(I)-3100 DATA SHEET

Set Multiple Mode — C6h

The Set Multiple Mode command allows the host to access the drive via Read Multiple and Write Multiple ATA commands. Additionally, the command sets the block count (i.e., the number of sectors within the block) for the Read/Write Multiple command. The sector count per block is set in the Sector Count register.

Table 66: Set Multiple Mode — C6h

Register

D7

D6

D5

D4

 

D3

D2

 

D1

D0

Feature

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sector Count

 

 

 

Sector Count

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sector Number

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cylinder Low

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cylinder High

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drive Head

X

X

X

Drive

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Command

 

 

 

C6h

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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