Date   : Wed, 25 May 2005 01:15:57 +0200
From   : John Kortink <kortink@...>
Subject: Re: 8-bit IDE i/f debugging

On Tue, 24 May 2005 23:51:16 +0100, Philip Pemberton wrote:

>[...]
>
>Another idea (when the 16bit interface has been debugged) would be to
send an
>IDENTIFY command to the drive, then grab the size from that. A much
better
>idea than "investigating" the drive, IMO.

If I remember correctly, an Identify Drive command always
responds with 16-bit data so half of it will go to bit
heaven on an 8-bit interface. Kind of why I chose to
get/wait for the 16-bit interface.


John Kortink

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