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Western Digital Hard Disk Drive OEM Specification
11.30 Read Sector(s) Ext (24h)
Command Block Output Registers
Command Block Input Registers
Table 188 Read Sector(s) Ext Command (24h)
The Read Sector(s) Ext command reads from 1 to 65,536 sectors of data from disk media, and then transfers the
data from the device to the host.
The sectors are transferred through the Data Register 16 bits at a time.
If an uncorrectable error occurs, the read will be terminated at the failing sector.
Output Parameters To The Device
The number of continuous sectors to be transferred low order, bits (7:0)
The number of continuous sectors to be transferred high order, bits (15:8). If zero is
specified in the Sector Count register, then 65,536 sectors will be transferred.
Input Parameters From The Device
LBA (7:0) of the address of the first unrecoverable error.
LBA (31:24) of the address of the first unrecoverable error.
LBA (15:8) of the address of the first unrecoverable error.
LBA (39:32) of the address of the first unrecoverable error.
LBA (23:16) of the address of the first unrecoverable error.
LBA (47:40) of the address of the first unrecoverable error.