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Serial ATA spec questions

Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2021 5:48 am
by 8infy
Hi, I'm reading both Serial ATA and AHCI specifications and they both talk about the "Command register" and the "Device control register"
values, and I even see the osdev tutorial writing magic numbers into those fields in FIS. However, maybe I'm blind but I can't find a
single description about their layouts and bits. Both specs say something like clear ASD bit in the control register but don't actually say
what that bit is :D Could you tell me where I would look for that information and what those registers actually are?

Re: Serial ATA spec questions

Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2021 12:31 pm
by foliagecanine
What about the ATA/ATAPI spec?

Device Control Register is discussed in ATA/ATAPI-7 Vol. 1 Section 5.7
Command Register is discussed in ATA/ATAPI-7 Vol. 1 Section 5.3

A Ctrl+F search doesn't turn up anything for "ASD" in the AHCI spec at all. Where do you see "ASD?"

Re: Serial ATA spec questions

Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2021 12:50 pm
by 8infy
foliagecanine wrote:What about the ATA/ATAPI spec?

Device Control Register is discussed in ATA/ATAPI-7 Vol. 1 Section 5.7
Command Register is discussed in ATA/ATAPI-7 Vol. 1 Section 5.3

A Ctrl+F search doesn't turn up anything for "ASD" in the AHCI spec at all. Where do you see "ASD?"
Thanks, "ASD" was just a random example of some bit flag the spec would tell you to set/clear and then never explain what that bit is :)

UPD: Awesome, looks like this is the spec I was looking for for about 4 hours today, cool. This fills in most of the blanks =D>
I wish AHCI spec would say something like "for more information refer to THIS_SPEC"

Re: Serial ATA spec questions

Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:41 am
by xeyes
8infy wrote: I wish AHCI spec would say something like "for more information refer to THIS_SPEC"
There's people wishing to pick up some $ selling the specs and memberships.

I hope they won't close the loophole of 'drafts'