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Information Technology -
BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Services (EDD)
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DOCUMENT STATUS
Revision 0 – June 21, 1999
Initial revision, document created from NCITS TR-21
Revision 1 - August 23, 1999
Added NCITS standard cover pages, table of contents, etc.
Revision 2 - August 25, 1999
Implemented changes based on meeting review.
Added forward and membership lists for NCITS and T13
Removed references to the word new
Changed references to the word specification to standard
Changed references to the phrase Technical Report to standard
Added references to the Normative references section
Changed many references from drive to device
Reworked the concept of Physical geometry/addressing to refer to default geometry/addressing
Changed references in the BIOS section from drive number to refer to BIOS drive number for clarity
Upgraded the overview to contain a drawing that shows the points of definition that are used later in the document
Added a conventions section that describes hex and decimal notation
Updated tables that show ASCII strings to have the actual numeric values
Changes references from must to shall
Made formatting changes based on input from the group
ANSI®
NCITS.****-199x
American National Standard
For Information Systems
BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Services
Secretariat
Information Technology Industry Council
Approved mm dd yy
American National Standards Institute, Inc.
Abstract
This standard describes services currently in use on IA-32 and IA64 architecture personal computers systems. These services are provided by BIOS firmware to support hard disks up to 16 mega-tera-bytes (16x1018). This standard also provides new BIOS level services for determining the relationship between BIOS device numbers and the physical mass storage devices attached to the personal computer. The services defined in this standard can be applied to mass storage devices with ATA, ATAPI, SCSI, USB, Fibre Channel, 1394, I2O, and other interfaces.
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ContentsPage
Foreword
Introduction......
1Scope......
2Normative References......
2.1Approved references......
2.2References under development......
2.3Other references......
3Definitions, abbreviations, and conventions......
3.1Keywords......
3.2Definitions and Abbreviations......
3.3Conventions......
4Overview......
5INT 13 Calling Conventions......
5.1Data Structure......
5.2Removable media......
5.3Int 13h interface subsets......
6Int 13h Function Definitions......
6.1Check extensions present......
6.2Extended read......
6.3Extended write......
6.4Verify sectors......
6.5Lock/unlock media......
6.6Eject removable media......
6.7Extended seek......
6.8Get device parameters......
6.9Get extended media change status......
6.10Set hardware configuration......
6.11Send Packet Command......
7Int 15h removable media eject......
1Scope8
2Normative References8
2.1Approved references8
2.2References under development9
2.3Other references9
3Definitions, abbreviations, and conventions9
3.1Keywords9
3.2Definitions and Abbreviations10
4Overview14
5INT 13 Calling Conventions14
5.1Data Structure14
5.2Removable media15
5.3Int 13h interface subsets16
6Int 13h Function Definitions17
6.1Check extensions present17
6.2Extended read18
6.3Extended write18
6.4Verify sectors18
6.5Lock/unlock media19
6.6Eject removable media19
6.7Extended seek20
6.8Get drive parameters20
6.9Get extended media change status26
6.10Set hardware configuration26
6.11Send Packet Command27
7Int 15h removable media eject28
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TablePage
1 Device Address Packet......
2 Extension Result buffer
3 Result buffer
4 Interface Path Definitions
5 Device Path Definitions
6 Device parameter table extension
7 Translation type
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FigurePage
1 System Component Diagram......
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Foreword
(This foreword is not part of American National Standard NCITS.xxx-199x)
In the past, DOS has accessed its mass storage devices using a BIOS provided INT 13 interface. This interface was designed in the early 1980’s and upgraded in the late 1980’s. The maximum theoretical capacity of this API is 8.4 giga-bytes. This INT 13 interface, now known as the legacy INT 13 interface, uses function numbers 1-15h and is Cylinder-Head-Sector (CHS) oriented. An extended INT 13 interface has been created, the purpose of these Int 13h extensions is to:
Replace CHS addressing with Logical Block Addressing (LBA).
Remove the current requirement of using interrupt 41h/46h to point at the Fixed Disk Parameter Table information.
Give the BIOS better control over how this data is used.
Make location and configuration information available to operating systems that do not use the BIOS to access mass storage devices.
Use data structures that apply to both IA-32 and IA-64 architecture systems.
Use data structures that can address media capacities for the next 20 years.
Short description of spec
Requests for interpretation, suggestions for improvement and addenda, or defect reports are welcome. They should be sent to the NCITS Secretariat, Information Technology Industry Council, 1250 I Street NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20005-3922.
This standard was processed and approved for submittal to ANSI by National Committee for Information Technology Standardization (NCITS). Committee approval of this standard does not necessarily imply that all committee members voted for approval. At the time it approved this standard, NCITS had the following members:
James D. Converse, Chair
Donald C. Loughry, Vice-chair
Joanne M. Flanagan, Secretary
Organization RepresentedName of Representative
American Nuclear Society...... Geraldine C. Main
AMP, Inc...... Edward Kelly
Apple Computer...... Karen Higginbottom
Association of the Institute for Certification of Professionals....Kenneth Zemrowski
AT&T/NCR...... Thomas W. Kern
Boeing Company...... Catherine Howells
Bull HN Information Systems, Inc...... William George
Compaq Computer Corporation...... James Barnes
Digital Equipment Corporation...... Delbert Shoemaker
Eastman Kodak...... James D. Converse
GUIDE International...... Frank Kirshenbaum
Hewlett-Packard...... Donald C. Loughry
Hitachi America, Ltd...... John Neumann
Hughes Aircraft Company ...... Harold L. Zebrack
IBM Corporation...... Joel Urman
National Communication Systems ...... Dennis Bodson
National Institute of Standards and Technology...... Robert E. Roundtree
Northern Telecom, Inc...... Mel Woinsky
Neville & Associates...... Carlton Neville
Recognition Technology Users Association...... Herbert P. Schantz
Share, Inc...... Gary Ainsworth
Sony Corporation...... Michael Deese
Storage Technology Corporation...... Joseph S. Zajaczkowski
Sun Microsystems...... Scott Jameson
3M Company...... Eddie T. Morioka
Unisys Corporation...... John L. Hill
US Department of Defense...... William C. Rinehuls
US Department of Energy...... Alton Cox
US General Services Administration...... Douglas Arai
Wintergreen Information Services ...... Joun Wheeler
Xerox Corporation...... Dwight McBain
Technical Committee T13 on Lower Level Interfaces, which developed and reviewed this standard, had the following members:
Gene Milligan, Chair
Pete McLean, Vice-chair
Dan Colegrove, Secretary [Editors Note: Need to fill in table]
P. D. Aloisi / G. Barton / R. Bellino / I. D. AllanJ. Chen / R. Cummings / Z. Daggett / C. Brill
J. V. Dedek / E. Fong / E. A. Gardner / J. Dambach
D. Guss / K. J. Hallam / N. Harris / L. Grantham
S. F. Heil / S. Holmstead / P. Johansson / E. Haske
S. Jones / T. J. Kulesza / E. Lappin / G. Johnsen
B. McFerrin / J. McGrath / P. McLean / R. Liu
G. Milligan / C. Monia / D. Moore / P. Mercer
J. Moy / S. Nadershahi / E. Oetting / I. Morrell
G. Penokie / A. E. Pione / D. Piper / D. Pak
S. D. Schueler / R. N. Snively / G. R. Stephens / R. Reisch
T. Totani / D. Wagner / D. Wallace / C. E. Strang, Jr.
M. Wingard / M. Yokoyama / J. L. Williams
Introduction
This standard encompasses the following:
Clause 1 describes the scope.
Clause 2 provides normative references.
Clause 3 provides definitions, abbreviations, and conventions
Clause 4 Specification Ooverview
Clause 5 is the INT 13 Calling Conventions
Clause 6 is the INT 13 Function Definitions
Clause 7 Int 15h removable media eject
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AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD NCITS.***-199n
American National Standard
for Information Systems
Information Technology
BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Services (EDD)
1Scope
This specificationstandard assumes that the reader is familiar with the conventional Int 13h interface, the usage of the BIOS Device Parameter Table, and the basic operation of mass storage devices. This specificationstandard describes in detail BIOS functions and data structures that are used as an abstraction layer to allow higher level applications to access mass storage devices in an interface and command-set independent manner.
The disk-drivestorage industry has increased the capacity and functionality of many types of mass storage devices. This increase in capacitiy and functionality has required the development of a new BIOS interface. This specificationstandard documents the new BIOS interface that is currently supplied by many BIOS vendors. This specificationstandard addresses the following BIOS specific issues:
The BIOS mustshall support drivedevices with a capacity greater than 528 MB. The conventional Int 13h interface has a limit of 1024 cylinders;
The Int 13h interface allows more than two drivedevices to be attached to a system but has no consistent method for storing the additional configuration parameters;
CHS-independent methods for accessing the drivedevices have now been defined. These are drivedevice-geometry independent and require a different method of address representation and operation;
NewMmethods of data transfer continue to be added to ATA devices. Capabilities such as, DMA modes, multi-sector data transfers and Fast PIO are not reported to the operating system;
Systems require more than two disk drivesstorage devices, and with this requirement comes the requirement to assign the order in which the drivedevices are to be accessed.
Make location and configuration information available to operating systems that do not use the BIOS to access mass storage devices.
Provide a linkage between the BIOS device assignments on the operating system drivedevice letter assignments.
Use data structures that apply to both IA-32 and IA-64 architecture systems
2Normative References
The following standards contain provisions that, through reference in the text, constitute provisions of this standard. Many of these standards are referenced because they contain the information necessary for describing a method of accessing a device on the specified interface. At the time of publication, the editions indicated were valid. All standards are subject to revision, and parties to agreements based on this standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of the standards listed below.
Copies of the following documents can be obtained from ANSI: Approved ANSI standards, approved and draft international and regional standards (ISO, IEC, CEN/CENELEC, ITUT), and approved and draft foreign standards (including BSI, JIS, and DIN). For further information, contact ANSI Customer Service Department at 212-642-4900 (phone), 212-302-1286 (fax) or via the World Wide Web at
Additional availability contact information is provided below as needed.
2.1Approved references
The following approved ANSI standards and technical reports, approved international and regional standards and technical reports (ISO, IEC, CEN/CENELEC, ITUT), may be obtained from the international and regional organizations who control them.
NCITS 317-1998 ATA/ATAPI-4NCITS 317-1998
NCITS TR-21 BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Technical Report NCITS TR-21
NCITS 325-1998 SBP-2
IEEE 1394-1995 IEEE Standard for a High Peformance Serial Bus
X3.303 Physical and Signaling Interface-3
X3.301-1997 SCSI3 SPC
2.2References under development
At the time of publication, the following referenced standards were still under development. For information on the current status of the document, or regarding availability, contact the relevant standards body or other organization as indicated.
NCITS 1321D ATA/ATAPI-5
NCITS 1236D SPC-2
NCITS 1363D MMC-3
NCITS 1228D MMC-2 [Editors Note: I think this will be accepted as a standard before EDD gets voted]
IEEE P1394a Standard for a High Performance Serial Bus
IEEE P1394b Standard for High Performance Serial Bus (High Speed Supplement) NCITS 1321D
For more information on the current status of the above documents, contact NCITS. To obtain copies of these documents, contact Global Engineering or NCITS.
2.3Other references
The following standards and specifications were also referenced.
BIOS Boot Specification (Compaq, Phoenix and Intel),
El Torito CD-ROM Boot Specification,
ATAPI Removable Media BIOS Specification,
Universal Serial Bus Revision 1.1,
SBP-2
USB Mass Storage Bulk Only,
Mass Storage Control/Interrupt/Bulk (CBI) SpecificationUSB Mass Storage Control Bulk Interrupt,
I2O Software Specification v2.0,
3Definitions, abbreviations, and conventions
3.1Keywords
Several keywords are used to differentiate between different levels of requirements and optionality.
3.1.1Expected
A keyword used to describe the behavior of the hardware or software in the design models assumed by this standard. Other hardware and software design models may also be implemented.
3.1.2Mandatory
A keyword indicating items to be implemented as defined by this standard.
3.1.3May
A keyword that indicates flexibility of choice with no implied preference.
3.1.4Obsolete
A keyword used to describe bits, bytes, fields and code values that no longer have consistent meaning or functionality from one implementation to another. However, some degree of functionality may be required for items designated as “obsolete” to provide for backward compatibility. An obsolete bit, byte, field or command shall never be reclaimed for any other use in any future standard. Bits, bytes, fields and code values that had been designated as “obsolete” in previous standards may have been reclassified as “retired” in this standard based on the definitions herein for “obsolete” and “retired”.
3.1.5Optional
A keyword that describes features that are not required by this standard. However, if any optional feature defined by the standard is implemented, it shall be done in the way defined by the standard. Describing a feature as optional in the text is done to assist the reader.
3.1.6Retired
A keyword indicating that the designated bits, bytes, fields and code values that had been defined in previous standards are not defined in this standard and may be reclaimed for other uses in future standards. If retired bits, bytes, fields or code values are utilized before they are reclaimed, they shall have the meaning or functionality as described in previous standards.
3.1.7Reserved
A keyword indicating reserved bits, bytes, words, fields, and code values that are set aside for future standardization. Their use and interpretation may be specified by future extensions to this or other standards. A reserved bit, byte, word, or field shall be set to zero, or in accordance with a future extension to this standard. The recipient shall not check reserved bits, bytes, words, or fields. Receipt of reserved code values in defined fields shall be treated as an error.
3.1.8Shall
A keyword indicating a mandatory requirement. Designers are required to implement all such mandatory requirements to ensure interoperability with other standard conformant products.
3.1.9Should
A keyword indicating flexibility of choice with a strongly preferred alternative. Equivalent to the phrase “it is recommended”.
3.2Definitions and Abbreviations
For the purposes of this standard, the following definitions apply:
3.2.1ATA
An Advanced Technology Attachmentdrivedevice, also known as an IDE drive, is a hard drivestorage device that conforms to an ATA standard.