Can any ATAPI 'packet' command tell the host whether drive is

Hartling, Sean Sean_Hartling at btc.Adaptec.com
Thu Mar 16 08:42:38 PST 2000


* From the T10 Reflector (t10 at t10.org), posted by:
* "Hartling, Sean" <Sean_Hartling at btc.adaptec.com>
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Jim, 

I believe you'll find in the return inquiry data a field called 'Response
Data Format'.  This is where I've seen the communications protocal, i.e.
SCSI-2, ATAPI, etc.  Hope this helps.

Sean K. Hartling
Software Engineer, Adaptec Inc.
SCSI Plugin
1951 S. Fordham St.
Longmont, CO 80503
(303)684-4879
seanh at btc.adaptec.com


|-----Original Message-----
|From: Jim_Hatfield at tecmar.com [mailto:Jim_Hatfield at tecmar.com]
|Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 12:21 PM
|To: T10 at t10.org; mmc at dt.wdc.com
|Subject: Can any ATAPI 'packet' command tell the host whether drive is
|actually ATAPI vs. SCSI ?
|
|
|* From the T10 Reflector (t10 at t10.org), posted by:
|* Jim_Hatfield at tecmar.com
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|In working with ASPI device drivers, all devices are treated 
|as SCSI devices.
|
|Does anyone know whether there is any way for a device to indicate
|to the host that it is <actually> SCSI vs. ATAPI ?
|
|The INQUIRY command might be a logical means, but there does not seem
|to be any indication in its specification.
|
|Thanx,
|
|- Jim Hatfield
|   Firmware Engineer
|   Tecmar Inc. - an Overland Data company
|
|   303-682-3742 voice
|   303-702-7006 fax
|   Jim_Hatfield at tecmar.com
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