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Chapter 3
SATA Application Layer
Objectives
Basic overview of ATA Standards
ATA addressing characteristics concerning 24- and 48-bit addressing
Numerical list of all current ATA command codes
Brief command descriptions with grouping into Feature Sets (categories):
○ General Feature Set
○ Optional
○ Packet
○ Power Management
○ Security
○ SMART (Self-Monitoring Analysis Reporting Technology)
○ Removable Media
○ Streaming
○ Logging
○ Overlapped (Queuing)
○ Compact Flash
Detailed descriptions of almost every ATA command, including
○ Command Code
○ Feature Set
○ Protocol: non-data, PIO, DMA
○ Register Inputs
○ Normal and Error Outputs ...