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17.Dd June 23, 2009
18.Dt SILI 4
19.Os
20.Sh NAME
21.Nm sili
22.Nd Silicon Image 3124/3132/3531 SATA controller
23.Sh SYNOPSIS
24To compile this driver into the kernel,
25place the following line in your
26kernel configuration file:
27.Bd -ragged -offset indent
28.Cd "device sili"
29.Ed
30.Pp
31Alternatively, to load the driver as a
32module at boot time, place the following line in
33.Xr loader.conf 5 :
34.Bd -literal -offset indent
35sili_load="YES"
36.Ed
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38The
39.Nm
40driver provides support for SATA controllers using the Silicon Image
413124/3132/3531 SATALink chipsets.
42.Pp
43Although
44.Nm
45controllers are actual ATA controllers, the driver emulates SCSI via a
46translation layer.
47.Sh SEE ALSO
48.Xr ahci 4 ,
49.Xr intro 4 ,
50.Xr nata 4 ,
51.Xr pci 4 ,
52.Xr scsi 4 ,
53.Xr loader.conf 5
54.Sh HISTORY
55The
56.Nm
57driver first appeared in
58.Dx 2.3 .
59.Sh AUTHORS
60.An -nosplit
61The
62.Nm
63driver was originally written by
64.An David Gwynne Aq dlg@openbsd.org
65and
66.An Christopher Pascoe Aq pascoe@openbsd.org
67for
68.Ox .
69.Pp
70It was ported to
71.Dx
72by
73.An Matt Dillon Aq dillon@apollo.backplane.com .
74