1.\" $NetBSD: ahcisata.4,v 1.5 2009/10/19 18:41:08 bouyer Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 2006 Manuel Bouyer. 4.\" 5.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 6.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 7.\" are met: 8.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 9.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 10.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 11.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 12.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 13.\" 14.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR 15.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES 16.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 17.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 18.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT 19.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, 20.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY 21.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 22.\" INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 23.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 24.\" 25.Dd November 30, 2006 26.Dt AHCISATA 4 27.Os 28.Sh NAME 29.Nm ahcisata 30.Nd AHCI 1.0 and 1.1 compliant SATA controllers driver 31.Sh SYNOPSIS 32.Cd "ahcisata* at pci? dev ? function ? flags 0x0000" 33.Sh DESCRIPTION 34The 35.Nm 36driver supports SATA controllers compliant with the Serial ATA Advanced 37Host Controller Interface Revision 1.0 or 1.1 specification, 38and provides the interface to the hardware for the 39.Xr ata 4 40driver. 41.Pp 42The 43.Nm 44driver will only attach if the controller has been put in AHCI mode by the 45BIOS; if the controller is in pciide-compatible mode, it will be handled 46by the appropriate driver 47.Xr ( piixide 4 48for Intel AHCI controllers). 49.Sh SEE ALSO 50.Xr ata 4 , 51.Xr atapi 4 , 52.Xr intro 4 , 53.Xr pci 4 , 54.Xr pciide 4 , 55.Xr wd 4 , 56.Xr wdc 4 57.Sh BUGS 58Native Command Queuing is not yet supported. 59