5 Aug
2005
5 Aug
'05
7:08 a.m.
Paul Koning wrote:
No... the classic PIO mode IDE registers are 8 bits
wide, not 16.
Some devices may allow 16 bit access as an optimization, but 8 bit
accesses is all you need.
The IDE command registers are all 8-bits wide, but the Data register is
16 bits wide. You have to support a 16 bit transfer in order to get the
data from the sector buffer (256 16 bit transfers nets you 512 bytes of
data, the IDE std sector). IN the newer 48 bit addressing mode, the LBA
registers grow from 8 bits to 16 bits as well.
All the IDE code I've looked at does it this way. I believe I have the
ATA r4 spec here that states that as well.
But, if you've noted a way to switch IDE into 8-bit mode, let me know.
Jim
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