The disk_ioctl function cntrols device specific features and miscellaneous functions other than generic read/write.
DRESULT disk_ioctl ( BYTE pdrv, /* [IN] Drive number */ BYTE cmd, /* [IN] Control command code */ void* buff /* [I/O] Parameter and data buffer */ );
The FatFs module uses only device independent commands described below. Any device dependent function is not used.
Command | Description |
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CTRL_SYNC | Make sure that the disk drive has finished pending write process. When the disk I/O module has a write back cache, flush the dirty sector immediately. This command is not used in read-only configuration. |
GET_SECTOR_SIZE | Returns sector size of the drive into the WORD variable pointed by buff. This command is not used in fixed sector size configuration, _MAX_SS is 512. |
GET_SECTOR_COUNT | Returns number of available sectors on the drive into the DWORD variable pointed by buff. This command is used by only f_mkfs() function to determine the volume size to be created. |
GET_BLOCK_SIZE | Returns erase block size of the flash memory in unit of sector into the DWORD variable pointed by buff. The allowable value is 1 to 32768 in power of 2. Return 1 if the erase block size is unknown or disk devices. This command is used by only f_mkfs() function and it attempts to align data area to the erase block boundary. |
CTRL_ERASE_SECTOR | Erases a part of the flash memory specified by a DWORD array {<start sector>, <end sector>} pointed by buff. This is similar command to Trim command of ATA command set. When this feature is not supported or not a flash memory media, this command has no effect. The FatFs does not check the result code and the file function is not affected even if the sectors are not erased well. This command is called on removing a cluster chain when _USE_ERASE is 1. |