Is it said anywhere in the spec?
Thanks,
Kanting

"Mcgrath, Jim" wrote:

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> No.
>
> Once data transfer for a command starts, it has to be completed before you
> can switch to another command.  i.e. ATA has no concept similar to the DATA
> POINTER found in SCSI to preserve your location in the data stream when you
> switch command context.
>
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kanting Tsai [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 10:28 AM
> To: t13
> Subject: [t13] Queued commands
>
> For Queue Commands, can the drive do data
> transfer as follows?
>
> cmd1 w/ release
> cmd2 w/ release
> service to resume cmd1
> data1_a
> cmd3 w/o release
> data3
> service to resume cmd1
> data1_b
>     :
> data1_c
>     :
>
> where cmd1's data (data1) has been split into
> data1_a, data1_b, and data1_c.
>
> Thank you,
> Kanting Tsai
>
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