User`s manual

t167 Test Program
E-24 Single Board Computers SCSI Software UserÕs Manual
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1. Select menu item 1 to set up the command structure for a format
command.
SDL Tools --> 1
Control structure [0] (0):
Structure type (control or read/write) [c, r] (c):
Device type (direct or sequential access) [d, s] (d):
Medium type (fixed or removable) [f, r] (f):
32-bit SCSI device number (0, 0x0):
Command (0xA, INQIRY): FORMAT
FmtData bit (clear or set) [c, s] (clear): c
CmpLst bit (clear or set) [c, s] (clear): c
Defect list formats:
0. Block format
4. Bytes from index format
5. Physical sector format
6. Vendor specific format (not supported)
Defect list format (0):
SDL Tools -->
2. Select menu item 6 to verify the command structure, then issue the
command to the device by selecting menu item 5.
SDL Tools --> 6
Control structure [0] (0):
Contents of sdl_cmd structure:
sdl_cmd.io structure type ......... sdl_cntrl
Contents of sdl_cntrl structure:
UINT dev .......................... 0x0
UINT cmd .......................... 0x20, FORMAT
UINT arg .......................... 0x0
UINT argp ......................... 0x1FB9CA0
<CR> for more, 'q' or '.' to quit, 'x' to exit: .
SDL Tools --> 5
Control structure [0] (0):
sdl_cntrl status: 0x0
SDL Tools -->
(Allow enough time for the FORMAT to complete.)
Issue Reads and Writes to a Disk Device
The t167 tools do not provide a way to directly modify data buffers, but
instead rely upon the MVME167/187 ROM Debugger for this function. This
exercise demonstrates this procedure as well as demonstrates how to read and
write to a device using the t167/SDL tools.