source: xtideuniversalbios/trunk/XTIDE_Universal_BIOS/Src/VariablesAndDPTs/LbaAssist.asm@ 420

Last change on this file since 420 was 419, checked in by aitotat@…, 13 years ago

Changes to XTIDE Universal BIOS:

  • IDE transfers now properly return number of sectors transferred when no errors.
  • Tweaked L-CHS parameters for LBA drives.
File size: 3.5 KB
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1; Project name : XTIDE Universal BIOS
2; Description : Functions for generating L-CHS parameters for
3; LBA drives.
4;
5; This file is shared with BIOS Drive Information Tool.
6
7;
8; XTIDE Universal BIOS and Associated Tools
9; Copyright (C) 2009-2010 by Tomi Tilli, 2011-2012 by XTIDE Universal BIOS Team.
10;
11; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
12; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
13; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
14; (at your option) any later version.
15;
16; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
17; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
18; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
19; GNU General Public License for more details.
20; Visit http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
21;
22
23; Section containing code
24SECTION .text
25
26;--------------------------------------------------------------------
27; LBA assist calculation:
28; this is how to fit a big drive into INT13's skimpy size requirements,
29; with a maximum of 8.4G available.
30;
31; If cylinders > 8192
32; Variable CH = Total Sectors / 63
33; Divide (CH – 1) by 1024 (as an assembler bitwise right shift) and add 1
34; Round the result up to the nearest of 16, 32, 64, 128 and 255. This is the value to be used for the number of heads.
35; Divide CH by the number of heads. This is the value to be used for the number of cylinders.
36;
37; There's a wealth of information at: http://www.mossywell.com/boot-sequence
38; they show a slightly different approach to LBA assist calulations, but
39; the method here provides compatibility with phoenix BIOS.
40;
41; LbaAssist_ConvertSectorCountFromBXDXAXtoLbaAssistedCHSinDXAXBLBH:
42; Parameters:
43; BX:DX:AX: Total number of sectors
44; Returns:
45; DX:AX: Number of cylinders
46; BH: Number of sectors per track (always 63)
47; BL: Number of heads (16, 32, 64, 128 or 255)
48; Corrupts registers:
49; CX
50;--------------------------------------------------------------------
51LbaAssist_ConvertSectorCountFromBXDXAXtoLbaAssistedCHSinDXAXBLBH:
52 push bp
53 push si
54
55 ; Value CH = Total sector count / 63
56 xor cx, cx
57 push cx ; Push zero for bits 48...63
58 push bx
59 push dx
60 push ax ; 64-bit sector count now in stack
61 mov cl, LBA_ASSIST_SPT
62 mov bp, sp ; SS:BP now points sector count
63 call Math_DivQWatSSBPbyCX ; Temporary value A now in stack
64
65 ; BX:DX:AX = Value CH - 1
66 mov ax, [bp]
67 mov dx, [bp+2]
68 mov bx, [bp+4]
69 sub ax, BYTE 1 ; Subtract 1
70 sbb dx, BYTE 0
71 sbb bx, BYTE 0
72
73 ; DX:AX = Number of heads = ((Value CH - 1) / 1024) + 1
74 call Size_DivideSizeInBXDXAXby1024andIncrementMagnitudeInCX
75 add ax, BYTE 1 ; Add 1
76 adc dx, bx ; BX = 0
77
78 ; Heads must be 16, 32, 64, 128 or 255 (round up to the nearest)
79 test dx, dx ; 65536 or more heads?
80 jnz SHORT .LimitHeadsTo255
81 mov cx, 16 ; Min number of heads
82.CompareNextValidNumberOfHeads:
83 cmp ax, cx
84 jbe SHORT .NumberOfHeadsNowInCX
85 shl cx, 1 ; Double number of heads
86 test ch, ch ; Reached 256 heads?
87 jnz SHORT .CompareNextValidNumberOfHeads
88.LimitHeadsTo255:
89 mov cx, 255
90.NumberOfHeadsNowInCX:
91 mov bx, cx ; Number of heads are returned in BL
92 mov bh, LBA_ASSIST_SPT ; Sectors per Track
93
94 ; DX:AX = Number of cylinders = Value CH (without - 1) / number of heads
95 call Math_DivQWatSSBPbyCX
96 mov ax, [bp]
97 mov dx, [bp+2] ; Cylinders now in DX:AX
98
99 ; Return LBA assisted CHS
100 add sp, BYTE 8 ; Clean stack
101 pop si
102 pop bp
103 ret
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