Chapter 4 SCSI Commands
REPORT DENSITY SUPPORT Command (44h)
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Table 156
REPORT DENSITY
SUPPORT
Command — Field
Descriptions
Report Density Support
4
Figure 143
illustrates the
REPORT DENSITY SUPPORT
header.
Figure 143
REPORT DENSITY
SUPPORT
Header — Data
Format
Table 157
provides a description of the fields in the
REPORT DENSITY
SUPPORT
header.
Field
Description
Media
When set to 0, the drive returns density support data blocks for the densities of
any
supported medium
. When set to 1, the drive returns density support data blocks for the
densities supported by the
mounted medium
only.
Medium Type When set to 0, the drive returns a
REPORT DENSITY SUPPORT
header followed by one or
more Density Report descriptors as shown in
figure 143
. When set to 1, the drive returns
a
REPORT DENSITY SUPPORT
header followed by one or more Medium Type descriptors
are shown in
figure 145
.
Allocation
Length
Specifies the maximum number of data bytes that the drive is allowed to return.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Byte
0 — 1
(MSB)
Available Density Support Length
(LSB)
2 — 3
Reserved
4 —
n
Density Support or Medium Type Descriptor(s)