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30.Dd July 3, 2010
31.Dt ATA 4
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm ata ,
35.Nm ar ,
36.Nm acd ,
37.Nm ad ,
38.Nm afd ,
39.Nm ast
40.Nd generic ATA/ATAPI disk controller driver
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42For ISA based ATA/ATAPI support:
43.Cd device isa
44.Cd device ata
45.Pp
46In
47.Pa /boot/device.hints :
48.Cd hint.ata.0.at="isa"
49.Cd hint.ata.0.port="0x1f0"
50.Cd hint.ata.0.irq="14"
51.Cd hint.ata.1.at="isa"
52.Cd hint.ata.1.port="0x170"
53.Cd hint.ata.1.irq="15"
54.Pp
55For PC98 based ATA/ATAPI support:
56.Cd device isa
57.Cd device ata
58.Pp
59In
60.Pa /boot/device.hints :
61.Cd hint.atacbus.0.at="isa"
62.Cd hint.atacbus.0.port="0x640"
63.Cd hint.atacbus.0.irq="9"
64.Pp
65For PCI based ATA/ATAPI support:
66.Cd device pci
67.Cd device ata
68.Pp
69To support ATA compliant disk drives:
70.Cd device atadisk
71.Pp
72To support ATA software RAID's:
73.Cd device ataraid
74.Pp
75To support ATAPI CDROM, DVD and CD/DVD burner drives:
76.Cd device atapicd
77.Pp
78To support ATAPI floppy drives:
79.Cd device atapifd
80.Pp
81To support ATAPI tape drives:
82.Cd device atapist
83.Pp
84To turn
85.Xr ata 4
86subsystem controller drivers into cam(4) interface modules (disables all native
87.Xr ata 4
88APIs and peripheral drivers):
89.Cd options ATA_CAM
90.Pp
91The following tunables are settable from the loader:
92.Bl -ohang
93.It Va hw.ata.ata_dma
94set to 1 for DMA access, 0 for PIO (default is DMA).
95.It Va hw.ata.ata_dma_check_80pin
96set to 0 to disable the 80pin cable check (default is 1, check the cable)
97.It Va hw.ata.atapi_dma
98set to 1 for DMA access, 0 for PIO (default is DMA).
99.It Va hw.ata.wc
100set to 1 to enable Write Caching, 0 to disable (default is enabled).
101.Em WARNING :
102can cause data loss on power failures and crashes.
103.It Va hint.atapci.X.msi
104set to 1 to allow Message Signalled Interrupts (MSI) to be used by
105specified PCI ATA controller, if supported.
106.It Va hint.ata.X.devX.mode
107limits initial ATA mode for specified device on specified channel.
108.It Va hint.ata.X.mode
109limits initial ATA mode for every device on specified channel.
110.It Va hint.ata.X.pm_level
111controls SATA interface Power Management for specified channel,
112allowing to save some power by the cost of additional command latency.
113Possible values:
114.Bl -tag -compact
115.It 0
116interface Power Management is disabled, default value.
117.It 1
118device is allowed to initiate PM state change, host is passive.
119.It 2
120host initiates PARTIAL PM state transition every time port becomes idle.
121.It 3
122host initiates SLUMBER PM state transition every time port becomes idle.
123.El
124Modes 2 and 3 are implemented only for AHCI driver now.
125.El
126.Sh DESCRIPTION
127The
128.Nm
129driver provides access to ATA (IDE) and SerialATA disk drives,
130ATAPI CDROM/DVD drives, ZIP/LS120 ATAPI drives and ATAPI tape drives
131connected to controllers according to the ATA/ATAPI standards.
132.Pp
133The currently supported ATA/SATA controller chips are:
134.Pp
135.Bl -tag -width "Silicon Image:" -compact
136.It Acard:
137ATP850P, ATP860A, ATP860R, ATP865A, ATP865R.
138.It ALI:
139M5228, M5229, M5281, M5283, M5287, M5288, M5289.
140.It AMD:
141AMD756, AMD766, AMD768, AMD8111, CS5536.
142.It ATI:
143IXP200, IXP300, IXP400, IXP600, IXP700, IXP800.
144.It CMD:
145CMD646, CMD646U2, CMD648, CMD649.
146.It Cypress:
147Cypress 82C693.
148.It Cyrix:
149Cyrix 5530.
150.It HighPoint:
151HPT302, HPT366, HPT368, HPT370, HPT371, HPT372, HPT372N, HPT374.
152.It Intel:
1536300ESB, 31244, PIIX, PIIX3, PIIX4, ESB2, ICH, ICH0, ICH2, ICH3, ICH4, ICH5,
154ICH6, ICH7, ICH8, ICH9, ICH10, SCH, PCH.
155.It ITE:
156IT8211F, IT8212F, IT8213F.
157.It JMicron:
158JMB360, JMB361, JMB363, JMB365, JMB366, JMB368.
159.It Marvell
16088SX5040, 88SX5041, 88SX5080, 88SX5081, 88SX6041, 88SX6042, 88SX6081, 88SX6101,
16188SX6102, 88SX6111, 88SX6121, 88SX6141, 88SX6145, 88SX7042.
162.It National:
163SC1100.
164.It NetCell:
165NC3000, NC5000.
166.It nVidia:
167nForce, nForce2, nForce2 MCP, nForce3, nForce3 MCP, nForce3 Pro, nForce4,
168MCP51, MCP55, MCP61, MCP65, MCP67, MCP73, MCP77, MCP79, MCP89.
169.It Promise:
170PDC20246, PDC20262, PDC20263, PDC20265, PDC20267, PDC20268, PDC20269, PDC20270,
171PDC20271, PDC20275, PDC20276, PDC20277, PDC20318, PDC20319, PDC20371, PDC20375,
172PDC20376, PDC20377, PDC20378, PDC20379, PDC20571, PDC20575, PDC20579, PDC20580,
173PDC20617, PDC20618, PDC20619, PDC20620, PDC20621, PDC20622, PDC40518, PDC40519,
174PDC40718, PDC40719.
175.It ServerWorks:
176HT1000, ROSB4, CSB5, CSB6, K2, Frodo4, Frodo8.
177.It Silicon Image:
178SiI0680, SiI3112, SiI3114, SiI3124, SiI3132, SiI3512.
179.It SiS:
180SIS180, SIS181, SIS182, SIS5513, SIS530, SIS540, SIS550, SIS620, SIS630,
181SIS630S, SIS633, SIS635, SIS730, SIS733, SIS735, SIS745, SIS961, SIS962,
182SIS963, SIS964, SIS965.
183.It VIA:
184VT6410, VT6420, VT6421, VT82C586, VT82C586B, VT82C596, VT82C596B, VT82C686,
185VT82C686A, VT82C686B, VT8231, VT8233, VT8233A, VT8233C, VT8235, VT8237,
186VT8237A, VT8237S, VT8251, CX700, VX800, VX855, VX900.
187.El
188.Pp
189Unknown ATA chipsets are supported in PIO modes, and if the standard
190busmaster DMA registers are present and contain valid setup, DMA is
191also enabled, although the max mode is limited to UDMA33, as it is
192not known what the chipset can do and how to program it.
193.Pp
194The
195.Nm
196driver can change the transfer mode and various other parameters
197when the system is up and running.
198See
199.Xr atacontrol 8 .
200.Pp
201The
202.Nm
203driver sets the maximum transfer mode supported by the hardware as default.
204However the
205.Nm
206driver sometimes warns:
207.Dq Sy "DMA limited to UDMA33, non-ATA66 cable or device".
208This means that
209the
210.Nm
211driver has detected that the required 80 conductor cable is not present
212or could not be detected properly,
213or that one of the devices on the channel only accepts up
214to UDMA2/ATA33.
215The
216.Va hw.ata.ata_dma_check_80pin
217tunable can be set to 0 to disable this check.
218.Pp
219Unknown ATAPI devices are initialized to DMA mode if the
220.Va hw.ata.atapi_dma
221tunable is set to 1 and they support at least UDMA33 transfers.
222Otherwise they are set to PIO mode because severe DMA problems are
223common even if the device capabilities indicate support.
224You can always try to set DMA mode on an ATAPI device using
225.Xr atacontrol 8 ,
226but be aware that your hardware might
227.Em not
228support it and can potentially
229.Em hang
230the entire system causing data loss.
231.Pp
232The
233.Nm acd
234driver implements most of the
235.Fn ioctl
236requests documented by
237.Xr cd 4 .
238.Sh FILES
239.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /sys/i386/conf/GENERIC" -compact
240.It Pa /dev/ad*
241ATA disk device nodes
242.It Pa /dev/ar*
243ATA RAID device nodes
244.It Pa /dev/acd*
245ATAPI CD-ROM device nodes
246.It Pa /dev/afd*
247ATAPI floppy drive device nodes
248.It Pa /dev/ast*
249ATAPI tape drive device nodes
250.It Pa /sys/i386/conf/GENERIC
251sample generic kernel config file for
252.Nm
253based systems
254.El
255.Sh NOTES
256Please remember that in order to use UDMA4/ATA66 and above modes you
257.Em must
258use 80 conductor cables.
259Please assure that ribbon cables are no longer than 45cm.
260In case of rounded ATA cables, the length depends on the
261quality of the cables.
262SATA cables can be up to 1m long according to the specification.
263.Pp
264Static device numbering
265(enabled with the
266.Dv ATA_STATIC_ID
267kernel option)
268reserves a number for each possibly connected disk,
269even when not present.
270This is useful in hotswap scenarios
271where disks should always show up as the same numbered device,
272and not depend on attach order.
273.Pp
274Native Command Queuing (NCQ) on SATA drives is not yet supported.
275.Sh SEE ALSO
276.Xr ahci 4 ,
277.Xr cam 4 ,
278.Xr ataraid 4 ,
279.Xr atacontrol 8 ,
280.Xr burncd 8 ,
281.Xr cd 4 ,
282.Xr siis 4
283.Sh HISTORY
284The
285.Nm
286driver first appeared in
287.Fx 4.0 .
288.Sh AUTHORS
289.An S\(/oren Schmidt
290.Aq sos@FreeBSD.org .
291