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Gomer73



Joined: 29 Nov 2003
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Gomer73 26 Jan 2004, 22:09
Below is a section of the code used to read info off of the HD. Same code for this part for both CHS and LBA access.

mov al,[esp+15]
and al,1+2+4+8
mov bl,byte [hdid]
add al,bl
add al,128+64+32
out dx,al
inc edx
mov al,20h
out dx,al

My question is: Why is the top nyble 128+64+32? My understanding is this port has the following format:

; 1f6 r/w drive/head
; bit 7 = 1
; bit 6 = 0
; bit 5 = 1
; bit 4 = 0 drive 0 select
; = 1 drive 1 select
; bit 3-0 head select bits

Which would indicate bit 6(64 decimal) should be clear. What is the reason it is set in Menuetos?

Thanks,

...Gomer
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Ville



Joined: 17 Jun 2003
Posts: 304
Ville 26 Jan 2004, 22:43
From: http://mudlist.eorbit.net/~adam/pickey/ports.html
Code:
Bitfields for hard disk controller drive/head specifier:
Bit(s)        Description      (Table P084)
 7             =1
 6             LBA mode enabled, rather than default CHS mode
 5             =1
 4             drive select (0 = drive 0, 1 = drive 1)
 3-0           head select bits (CHS mode)
    
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Gomer73



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Gomer73 27 Jan 2004, 00:03
Cool, thanks.
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