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This course provides a detailed, practical understanding of the operation of IDE disk drives on the ATA bus. It includes both a thorough treatment of the bus itself and a comprehensive discussion of IDE support on current PC systems. Interface signals and timings are discussed in terms of requirements in the ATA-2 and ATA-3 standards, as well as in the context of the drive features that they have evolved to support. Bus activity traces from working ATA configurations are analyzed in class giving a strong "real-world" emphasis. On the host side, special attention is paid to IDE support on the PCI bus. This section includes a tutorial on the PCI bus itself, as well as a discussion of current PCI/IDE implementation issues.

The learning experience for IDE/ATA, The Nuts & Bolts course has been enhanced with the addition of instructor led demonstrations following subjects in the lecture. These demo's help cement the understanding of the concepts by showing what really happens and allowing time to discuss the nuances. Demonstrations are given for resets, hard disk drive initialization by BIOS, hard disk drive initialization by the operating system, and read and write commands. Modifications, "What if's..." and other student suggested examples can also be demonstrated.
 

Introduction ATA/IDE Overview Host Buses Evolution of ATA Electrical Interface Signal Levels and Descriptions Termination Functional Interface Register Addressing PIO Transfers & Timing DMA Transfers & Timing Flow Control Higher Speed Proposals Command Block and Control     Block Registers This section is a detailed discussion of the contents and use of each register Commands and Operations Initialization Commands Power Control Commands Secure Mode Commands SMART Support Removable Media Support Host Services Overview PC Compatible Memory Map BIOS Services Interrupts Fixed Disk Parameter Table INT 13h Accessing via the BIOS INT 13h Interface INT 13h Command Codes

Expansion ROM POST Expansion Area Scanning IDE Disk Addressing The 528 MB Barrier The 8GB Barrier CHS and LBA Addressing INT 13h Extensions Bypassing the BIOS ISA Bus IDE ISA to to ATA Signal Mapping ISA Bus PIO ISA Bus DMA VL Bus IDE Why Local Bus I/O? Typical Host Configuration IDE on VL Bus PCI Bus IDE PCI Bus Basics Dual Channel Adapter PCI Bus PIO PCI Bus DMA PCI/IDE Bus Mastering Future ATA Developments ATA-4 New Competing Interfaces

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