3.2.2.1
PIO and DMA Data-Transfer Modes
You can set the multiword DMA mode and identify the PIO data-transfer
mechanism and transfer mode with the Set Features command. To set
the multiword DMA mode:
1.
1. Write Set Features command value 03
H
(Set Data Transfer mode) to
the Features register.
2. Write a transfer types value to the Sector Count register. The upper 5
bits of this value define the type of data transfer, and the lower 3 bits
encode the mode value.
This changes word 63 of the Identify Drive command to the mode you
enter in the Sector Count register.
The following table identifies allowable transfer types values:
Data-Transfer Mechanism
Transfer Types value
Mechanism name
Mode
value
Data
Upper 5 bits
Lower 3 bits
PIO Transfer Mode (default)
2
00000
000
PIO Transfer Mode:
Set PIO Mode = 2
2
00000
001
PIO Flow Control Transfer
Mode: Set PIO Mode = 0
0
00001
000
PIO Flow Control Transfer
Mode: Set PIO Mode = 1
1
00001
001
PIO Flow Control Transfer
Mode: Set PIO Mode = 2
2
00001
010
PIO Flow Control Transfer
Mode: Set PIO Mode = 3
3
00001
011
PIO Flow Control Transfer
Mode: Set PIO Mode = 4)
4
00001
100
Multiword DMA Mode
0
00100
000
Multiword DMA Mode
1
00100
001
Multiword DMA Mode
2
00100
010
Reserved
—
01000
nnn
Note. If the drive does not support a commanded mode, it returns a 04
aborted command error.
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