Figure 6: Device address map before and after Set Feature
11.11.2 Identify Device Data
Identify Device data, word 83, bit 7 indicates the device supports the Address Offset Feature. Identify Device data,
word 86, bit 7 indicates the device is in Address Offset mode.
11.11.3 Exceptions in Address Offset Mode
Any commands which access sectors across the original native maximum LBA are rejected with error, even if the
access protection is removed by a Set Max Address command.
Read Look Ahead operation and Write Cache Function are not carried out in Address Offset mode, even if they are
enabled by the Set Feature command.
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