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Western Digital Hard Disk Drive OEM Specification
11.70 Write Sector(s) Ext (34h)
Command Block Output Registers
Command Block Input Registers
Table 261 Write Sector(s) Ext Command (34h)
The Write Sector(s) Ext command transfers one or more sectors from the host to the device, and then the data is
written to the disk media.
The sectors are transferred through the Data Register 16 bits at a time.
If an uncorrectable error occurs, the write 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, 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.