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We also implemented an update for the company for which I was working. We put a password on it so that other people couldn't update the firmware. 01/08/03 02:13:41 PM, Gary Laatsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 13:13:41 -0800 > > From: Gary Laatsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject:Re: [t13] ATA Drive firmware update. > To: Gana Pat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Gana, > > I designed Download Microcode (command code 92h) support for one of the > drive companies when I worked for them. It is standard ATA command for the > > purpose of updating firmware. The driving force was most drive vendors > designed their update packages to be very PCish and drives can wind up in > non-PC enviorments (MAC, A/V, etc), so there may not be a PC type machine > available to update with. I know at least one or two of the OEM's wrote > > their own utility for updating with that worked fine with a couple other > drive vendors as well. The packets of data would be vendor unique, but the > command support "SHOULD" be to ATAPI specification. Of course, having been > in the biz a long time, nothing is that simple is it? > > gary laatsch > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gana Pat > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 9:56 AM > Subject: [t13] ATA Drive firmware update. > > Hi Folks, > > > I want to write a drive firmware update utility for ATA HDDs. (There are > some rationale why I don't want to use Drive manufacturer's FW update util). > What command is used to update the drive firmware in the ATA drives ? Is > this standard across all the vendors ? Any hint in this area would be really > > helpful to me. > > Thanks, > Gana
