Description of fields, Table 92: board information - select flags field – Ciprico Rimfire 3880 User Manual

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User’s Guide

Chapter 7 Board-control Commands

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Board Information (15H)

Description of

Fields

The Data Structure returned from a Board Information command contains the
fields shown on the following pages.

Select Flags

This field displays the selections currently valid for the Select Flags field of
the General Options command. The format of the Select Flags byte is as
follows:

DIS Disconnect/Reconnect

- This bit indicates whether the RF3880

adapter will allow peripherals to disconnect from the SCSI bus while
performing a command.

0

Disconnect/Reconnect is disallowed.

1

Disconnect/Reconnect is allowed.

PAR Check SCSI Bus Parity

- This bit indicates whether the adapter reports

errors in parity that occurred on the SCSI bus.

0

Parity will not be checked.

1

SCSI parity will be checked.

BMT Block Mode Transfers

- This bit indicates how the adapter is set to

perform Block Mode transfers.

0

Block Mode transfers will occur only for Address Modifiers listed in the

VME specification.
1

Block Mode transfers will be performed regardless of Address Modifier

used.

BITS

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

BMT

PAR

DIS

Table 92: Board Information - Select Flags Field

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