Maxtor Computer Drive Computer Drive User Manual


 
ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands
Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA 5-6
Table 5-2 Identify Drive Command Parameter
Word Content Description
0 General configuration bit-significant information:
15: 0 = ATA device
14-8: Retired
7: 1 = removable media device
6: Obsolete
5-3: Retired
2: Response incomplete
1: Retired
0: Reserved
1 Obsolete
2 Specific configuration
3Obsolete
4-5 Retired
6Obsolete
7-8 Reserved for assignment by the CompactFlash Association
9 Retired
10-19 Serial number (20 ASCII characters)
20-21 Retired
22 Obsolete
23-26 Firmware revision (8 ASCII characters)
27-46 Model number (40 ASCII characters)
47 15-8: 80h
7-0: 00h = Reserved
01h-FFh: = Maximum number of sectors that shall be transferred per interrupt on
READ/WRITE MULTIPLE commands
48 Reserved