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Western Digital Hard Disk Drive OEM Specification
11.34 Read Verify Sector(s) Ext (42h)
Command Block Output Registers
Command Block Input Registers
Table 192 Read Verify Sector(s) Ext Command (42h)
The Read Verify Sector(s) Ext verifies one or more sectors on the device. No data is transferred to the host.
The difference between the Read Sector(s) Ext command and the Read Verify Sector(s) Ext command is whether
the data is transferred to the host or not.
If an uncorrectable error occurs, the Read Verify Sector(s) Ext will be terminated at the failing sector.
Output Parameters To The Device
The number of continuous sectors to be verified low order, bits (7:0).
The number of continuous sectors to be verified high order, bits (15:8). If zero is
specified in the Sector Count register, then 65,536 sectors will be verified.
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.