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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

3

Obsolete

4-5 Retired

6

Obsolete

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

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