
INTERFACE COMMANDS
7 – 6
Set Feature Commands
Set Features Mode
Enables or disables features supported by the drive. When the drive receives this command it:
1. Sets BSY,
2. Checks the contents of the Features register,
3. Clears BSY and
4. Generates an interrupt.
If the value of the register is not a feature supported by the drive, the command is aborted.
The acceptable values in the Features register are defined as follows:
VALUE
DESCRIPTION
02h*
Enabled write cache
03h
Set transfer mode based on value in Sector Count register
44h
Length of data appended on Read Long/Write Long commands specified in the
Identify Device information
55h
Disable read look-ahead feature
66h*
Disable reverting to power-on defaults
82h
Disable write cache
AAh*
Enable read look-ahead feature
BBh*
4 bytes of Maxtor specific data appended on Read Long/Write Long commands
CCh
Enable reverting to power-on defaults
* Enabled at power up by default.