pc87317vul National Semiconductor Corporation, pc87317vul Datasheet - Page 113

• Manufacturer Part Number: pc87317vul
• Description: Pc87317vul/pc97317vul Superi/o Plug And Play Compatible With Acpi Compliant Controller/extender
• Manufacturer: National Semiconductor Corporation

5.7.1
BFR
BST
DC3-0 Drive Configuration for drives 3-0. Used to config-
DENSEL
DIR
DMA DMA mode enable bit set in the SPECIFY com-
DS1-0 Drive Select for bits 1,0 used in most commands.
EC
EIS
EOT
ETR
FIFO First-In First-Out buffer. Also a control bit set in the
FRD
FWR FIFO Write disable control bit set in the MODE
Gap 2 The length of gap 2 in the FORMAT TRACK com-
Gap 3 Gap 3 is the space between sectors, excluding the
GDC Group Drive Configuration for all drives. Configures
HD
IAF
Buffer enable bit set in the MODE command. En-
ables open-collector output buffers.
Burst mode disable control bit set in MODE com-
mand. Disables burst mode for the FIFO, if the
FIFO is enabled.
ure a logical drive to conventional or perpendicular
mode in the PERPENDICULAR MODE command.
Density Select control bits set in the MODE com-
mand.
Direction control bit used in RELATIVE SEEK com-
mand to indicate step in or out.
mand.
Selects the logical drive.
Enable Count control bit set in the VERIFY com-
mand. When this bit is 1, SC (Sectors to read
Count) command byte is required.
Enable Implied Seeks. Set in the CONFIGURE
command.
End of Track parameter set in read, write, scan,
and VERIFY commands.
Extended Track Range set in the MODE command.
CONFIGURE command to enable or disable the
FIFO.
FIFO Read Disable control bit set in the MODE
command
command.
mand and the portion of it that is rewritten in the
WRITE DATA command depend on the drive mode,
i.e., perpendicular or conventional. FIGURE 5-19
"IBM, Perpendicular, and ISO Formats Supported
by the FORMAT TRACK Command" on page 118
illustrates gap 2 graphically. For more details, see
“Bits 1,0 - Group Drive Mode Configuration (GDC)”
on page 121.
synchronization field. It is defined in the FORMAT
TRACK command. See FIGURE 5-19.
all logical drives as conventional or perpendicular.
Used in the PERPENDICULAR MODE command.
Formerly, GAP2 and WG.
Head Select control bit used in most commands.
Selects Head 0 or 1 of the disk.
Index Address Field control bit set in the MODE
command. Enables the ISO Format during the
FORMAT command.
Abbreviations Used in FDC Commands
113
IPS
LOCK Lock enable bit in the LOCK command. Used to
LOW PWR
MFM Modified Frequency Modulation parameter used in
MFT
MNT Motor On Time. Now called Delay Before Process-
MSB Most Significant Byte controls which whether the
MT
OW
POLL Enable Drive Polling bit set in the CONFIGURE
PRETRK
PTR
R255 Recalibration control bit set in MODE command.
RTN
SC
SK
SRT
ST0-3
THRESH
TMR Timer control bit set in the MODE command. Af-
Implied Seek enable bit set in the MODE, read,
write, and scan commands.
prevent certain parameters from being affected by
a software reset.
Low Power control bits set in the MODE command.
FORMAT TRACK, read, VERIFY and write com-
mands.
Motor Off Time. Now called Delay After Processing
time. This delay is set by the SPECIFY command.
ing time. This delay is set by the SPECIFY com-
mand.
most or least significant byte is read or written in
the SET TRACK command.
Multi-Track enable bit used in read, write, scan and
VERIFY commands.
Overwrite control bit set in the PERPENDICULAR
MODE command.
command.
Precompensation Track Number set in the CON-
FIGURE command
Present Track number. Contains the internal 8-bit
track number or the least significant byte of the 12-
bit track number of one of the four logical disk
drives. PTR is set in the SET TRACK command.
Sets maximum number of STEP pulses during
RECALIBRATE command to 255.
Relative Track Number used in the RELATIVE
SEEK command.
Sector Count control bit used in the VERIFY com-
mand.
Skip control bit set in read and scan and VERIFY
operations.
Step Rate Time set in the SPECIFY command. De-
termines the time between STEP pulses for SEEK
and RECALIBRATE operations.
Result phase Status registers 3-0 that contain sta-
tus information about the execution of a command.
See Sections 5.5.1 "Result Phase Status Register
0 (ST0)" on page 107 through 5.5.4 "Result Phase
Status Register 3 (ST3)" on page 109.
FIFO threshold parameter set in the CONFIGURE
command
fects the timers set in the SPECIFY command.
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