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On Thu, 9 Jan 2003 11:24:23 -0800, Gana Pat wrote: >I agree Hale, that knowing the command code is just a tip of the iceberg in >the FW updation. But why not this be a part of the standard ? SCSI folks >seems to have a standard mechanism for FW updates and why not ATA have such >a thing ? So you would like ATA/ATAPI to fully specify the format of the firmware data file, fully specify all the DOWNLOAD MICROCODE command parameters and all the commands that may be required to enable DOWNLOAD MICROCODE and all the commands/resets that may be necessary after the DOWNLOAD MICROCODE command, fully specify all the encryption algorithms that may be used in the firmware data, fully specify how checksums and CRCs are computed in the firmware data, etc? You do realize that the virus designers of the world do know how to find the ATA/ATAPI standards and they do know how to read them and they are just waiting for T13 (or some disk manufacturer) to provide this information? Hale *** Hale Landis *** www.ata-atapi.com ***
