2. The write pre-compensation given to a perpendicular mode drive will be 0ns.
3. For D0-D3 programmed to "0" for conventional mode drives any data written will be at the currently programmed
write pre-compensation.
Note: Bits D0-D3 can only be overwritten when OW is programmed as a "1".If either GAP or WGATE is a "1" then D0-
D3 are ignored.
Software and hardware resets have the following effect on the PERPENDICULAR MODE COMMAND:
1. "Software" resets (via the DOR or DSR registers) will only clear GAP and WGATE bits to "0". D0-D3 are unaffected
and retain their previous value.
2. "Hardware" resets will clear all bits
(GAP, WGATE and D0-D3) to "0", i.e all conventional mode.
Table 27 - Effects of WGATE and GAP Bits
PORTION OF
GAP 2
LENGTH OF
GAP2 FORMAT
FIELD
WRITTEN BY
WRITE DATA
OPERATION
0 Bytes
WGATE GAP
MODE
Conventional
Perpendicular
(500 Kbps)
Reserved
(Conventional)
Perpendicular
(1 Mbps)
0
0
0
1
22 Bytes
22 Bytes
19 Bytes
1
1
0
1
22 Bytes
41 Bytes
0 Bytes
38 Bytes
LOCK
In order to protect systems with long DMA latencies against older application software that can disable the FIFO the
LOCK Command has been added. This command should only be used by the FDC routines, and application software
should refrain from using it. If an application calls for the FIFO to be disabled then the CONFIGURE command should
be used.
The LOCK command defines whether the EFIFO, FIFOTHR, and PRETRK parameters of the CONFIGURE command
can be RESET by the DOR and DSR registers. When the LOCK bit is set to logic "1" all subsequent "software RESETS
by the DOR and DSR registers will not change the previously set parameters to their default values. All "hardware"
RESET from the nPCI_RESET pin will set the LOCK bit to logic "0" and return the EFIFO, FIFOTHR, and PRETRK to
their default values. A status byte is returned immediately after issuing a LOCK command. This byte reflects the value
of the LOCK bit set by the command byte.
ENHANCED DUMPREG
The DUMPREG command is designed to support system run-time diagnostics and application software development
and debug. To accommodate the LOCK command and the enhanced PERPENDICULAR MODE command the eighth
byte of the DUMPREG command has been modified to contain the additional data from these two commands.
COMPATIBILITY
The LPC47M10x was designed with software compatibility in mind. It is a fully backwards- compatible solution with the
older generation 765A/B disk controllers. The FDC also implements on-board registers for compatibility with the PS/2, as
well as PC/AT and PC/XT, floppy disk controller subsystems. After a hardware reset of the FDC, all registers, functions
and enhancements default to a PC/AT, PS/2 or PS/2 Model 30 compatible operating mode, depending on how the
IDENT and MFM bits are configured by the system BIOS.
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