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SV35 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C

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4.3.4.2.1

Configure Stream (51h)

The Configure Stream command specifies the default CCTL (Command Completion Time Limit) for streaming
commands, and informs the drive of the Allocation Unit size and alignment.

Protocol: non-data

FEATURES REGISTER FIELD DESCRIPTIONS

R/W
0

Read stream

1

Write stream

Default CCTL (Default Command Completion Time Limit)
This value is calculated as follows (with the unit of measure being microseconds):

Default CCTL = ((content of the Features register) * (IDENTIFY DEVICE words (99:98))

This time shall be used by the drive when an individual streaming command with a CCTL of 0 is issued. The
time is measured from the write of the command register to the final INTRQ for command completion.

SECTOR COUNT REGISTER FIELD DESCRIPTIONS

Current
The size of an Allocation Unit in sectors (bits 7:0).

Previous
The size of an Allocation Unit in sectors (bits 15:8)

DEVICE REGISTER FIELD DESCRIPTIONS

Dev
The selected device.

Register

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Features

Current

Ignored

R/W

Reserved

Ignored

Previous

Default CCTL (7:0)

Sector Count

Current

AU Size In Sectors (7:0)

Previous

AU Size In Sectors (15:8)

LBA Low, Mid, High

Current

Reserved

Previous

Reserved

Device

obs

Ignored

obs

DEV

Reserved

Command

51h

Note: The value indicated as Current is the value most recently written to the register. The value indicated as Previous is

the value that was in the register before the most recent write to the register.

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