Topology in the Parameters Pane
There is no specific topology for this library. The drives detected are appended under the IDE configuration entry.
Description
This library identifies the legacy IDE drives. It operates on the folowing fixed I/O ranges: 0x1F0-0x1F7, 0x170-0x177, 0x168-16F and 0x1E8-0x1EF. It performs a drive identification, analyzes and displays the IDE data on the HWAccess main view. The information follows the ATA-x spec. There are no active controls for this library with the current version of HWAccess.
Also note this information is derived by the drive firmware directly not through the O/S.
Processor Information
The processor information displayed in the main View window is derived by the CPUID instruction. Processor basic/extended features shown in the main view of HWAccess are as documented by the processor manufacturer.
The calculated speed is performed by the library itself. This field is updated every time a refresh operation is performed and shows the processor speed as it was calculated by the CPU configuration library.
Static Configuration
The CPU configuration has 2 options. The Show Details option shows/hides verbose register information. When this option is cleared only the MSRs register contents are displayed in hex format. For some processor types the Show Known Registers option when cleared allows editing of non documented MSRs
The following table explains the features provided with the IDE library.
Channel |
Selects channel/ports to scan |
Master-Master/Slave |
Selects to search for Master or for both Master and Slave devices attached to this channel |
Autodetect |
When set scans all ports (Default) |
Show Details |
Lists all details for each drive when set. When cleared shows only raw data |