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27.Dd October 3, 2012
28.Dt ATA 4
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm ata
32.Nd generic ATA/SATA controller driver
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your
35kernel configuration file:
36.Bd -ragged -offset indent
37.Cd "device scbus"
38.Cd "device ata"
39.Cd "options ATA_CAM"
40.Ed
41.Pp
42Alternatively, to load the driver as set of modules at boot time,
43place some of the following lines in
44.Xr loader.conf 5 :
45.Bd -literal -offset indent
46ata_load="YES"
47
48atacard_load="YES"
49ataisa_load="YES"
50atapci_load="YES"
51
52ataacard_load="YES"
53ataacerlabs_load="YES"
54ataadaptec_load="YES"
55ataahci_load="YES"
56ataamd_load="YES"
57ataati_load="YES"
58atacenatek_load="YES"
59atacypress_load="YES"
60atacyrix_load="YES"
61atahighpoint_load="YES"
62ataintel_load="YES"
63ataite_load="YES"
64atajmicron_load="YES"
65atamarvell_load="YES"
66atamicron_load="YES"
67atanational_load="YES"
68atanetcell_load="YES"
69atanvidia_load="YES"
70atapromise_load="YES"
71ataserverworks_load="YES"
72atasiliconimage_load="YES"
73atasis_load="YES"
74atavia_load="YES"
75.Ed
76.Pp
77The first line is for the common hardware independent code, and is a
78prerequisite for the other modules.
79The next three lines are generic bus-specific drivers.
80Of the rest, ataahci is the AHCI driver.
81The others are vendor-specific PCI drivers.
82The
83.Dv ATA_CAM
84option should always remain in the kernel configuration, to make
85the driver work as a
86.Xr CAM 4
87subsystem module.
88.Pp
89The following tunables are settable from the
90.Xr loader 8 :
91.Bl -ohang
92.It Va hw.ahci.force
93set to nonzero value for forcing drivers to attach to some known AHCI-capable
94chips even if they are configured for legacy IDE emulation (the default is 1,
95force the attach).
96.It Va hw.ata.ata_dma_check_80pin
97set to 0 to disable the 80pin cable check (the default is 1, check the cable).
98.It Va hint.atapci.X.msi
99set to 1 to allow Message Signalled Interrupts (MSI) to be used by the
100specified PCI ATA controller, if supported.
101.It Va hint.ata.X.devX.mode
102limits the initial ATA mode for the specified device on the specified channel.
103.It Va hint.ata.X.mode
104limits the initial ATA mode for every device on the specified channel.
105.It Va hint.ata.X.pm_level
106controls SATA interface Power Management for the specified channel,
107allowing some power savings at the cost of additional command latency.
108Possible values:
109.Pp
110.Bl -tag -width 4n -offset indent -compact
111.It 0
112Interface Power Management is disabled.
113This is the default value.
114.It 1
115The device is allowed to initiate a PM state change; the host is passive.
116.It 2
117The host initiates a PARTIAL PM state transition every time a port becomes idle.
118.It 3
119host initiates SLUMBER PM state transition every time port becomes idle.
120.El
121.Pp
122Modes 2 and 3 are only supported for AHCI.
123.It Va hint.ata. Ns Ar X Ns Va .dev Ns Ar X Ns Va .sata_rev
124limits the initial SATA revision (speed) for the specified device
125on the specified channel.
126Values 1, 2 and 3 are respectively 1.5, 3 and 6Gbps.
127.It Va hint.ata. Ns Ar X Ns Va .sata_rev
128Same, but for every device on the specified channel.
129.El
130.Sh DESCRIPTION
131The
132.Nm
133driver gives the
134.Xr CAM 4
135subsystem access to the ATA (IDE) and SATA ports
136of many generic controllers.
137Depending on the controller, each PATA (IDE)
138port or each one or two SATA ports are
139represented to CAM as a separate bus with one or two targets.
140Most of the bus-management details are handled by the ATA/SATA-specific
141transport of CAM.
142Connected ATA disks are handled by the ATA protocol disk peripheral driver
143.Xr ada 4 .
144ATAPI devices are handled by the SCSI protocol peripheral drivers
145.Xr cd 4 ,
146.Xr da 4 ,
147.Xr sa 4 ,
148etc.
149.Pp
150This driver supports ATA, and for the most of controllers, ATAPI devices.
151Command queuing and SATA port multipliers are not supported.
152Device hot-plug and SATA interface power management is supported only on
153some controllers.
154.Pp
155The
156.Nm
157driver can change the transfer mode when the system is up and running.
158See the
159.Cm negotiate
160subcommand of
161.Xr camcontrol 8 .
162.Pp
163The
164.Nm
165driver sets the maximum transfer mode supported by the hardware as default.
166However, the
167.Nm
168driver sometimes warns:
169.Dq Sy "DMA limited to UDMA33, non-ATA66 cable or device".
170This means that
171the
172.Nm
173driver has detected that the required 80 conductor cable is not present
174or could not be detected properly,
175or that one of the devices on the channel only accepts up
176to UDMA2/ATA33.
177The
178.Va hw.ata.ata_dma_check_80pin
179tunable can be set to 0 to disable this check.
180.Sh HARDWARE
181The currently supported ATA/SATA controller chips are:
182.Pp
183.Bl -tag -width "Silicon Image:" -compact
184.It Acard:
185ATP850P, ATP860A, ATP860R, ATP865A, ATP865R.
186.It ALI:
187M5228, M5229, M5281, M5283, M5287, M5288, M5289.
188.It AMD:
189AMD756, AMD766, AMD768, AMD8111, CS5536.
190.It ATI:
191IXP200, IXP300, IXP400, IXP600, IXP700, IXP800.
192.It CMD:
193CMD646, CMD646U2, CMD648, CMD649.
194.It Cypress:
195Cypress 82C693.
196.It Cyrix:
197Cyrix 5530.
198.It HighPoint:
199HPT302, HPT366, HPT368, HPT370, HPT371, HPT372, HPT372N, HPT374.
200.It Intel:
2016300ESB, 31244, PIIX, PIIX3, PIIX4, ESB2, ICH, ICH0, ICH2, ICH3, ICH4, ICH5,
202ICH6, ICH7, ICH8, ICH9, ICH10, SCH, PCH.
203.It ITE:
204IT8211F, IT8212F, IT8213F.
205.It JMicron:
206JMB360, JMB361, JMB363, JMB365, JMB366, JMB368.
207.It Marvell
20888SX5040, 88SX5041, 88SX5080, 88SX5081, 88SX6041, 88SX6042, 88SX6081, 88SE6101,
20988SE6102, 88SE6111, 88SE6121, 88SE6141, 88SE6145, 88SX7042.
210.It National:
211SC1100.
212.It NetCell:
213NC3000, NC5000.
214.It nVidia:
215nForce, nForce2, nForce2 MCP, nForce3, nForce3 MCP, nForce3 Pro, nForce4,
216MCP51, MCP55, MCP61, MCP65, MCP67, MCP73, MCP77, MCP79, MCP89.
217.It Promise:
218PDC20246, PDC20262, PDC20263, PDC20265, PDC20267, PDC20268, PDC20269, PDC20270,
219PDC20271, PDC20275, PDC20276, PDC20277, PDC20318, PDC20319, PDC20371, PDC20375,
220PDC20376, PDC20377, PDC20378, PDC20379, PDC20571, PDC20575, PDC20579, PDC20580,
221PDC20617, PDC20618, PDC20619, PDC20620, PDC20621, PDC20622, PDC40518, PDC40519,
222PDC40718, PDC40719.
223.It ServerWorks:
224HT1000, ROSB4, CSB5, CSB6, K2, Frodo4, Frodo8.
225.It Silicon Image:
226SiI0680, SiI3112, SiI3114, SiI3124, SiI3132, SiI3512.
227.It SiS:
228SIS180, SIS181, SIS182, SIS5513, SIS530, SIS540, SIS550, SIS620, SIS630,
229SIS630S, SIS633, SIS635, SIS730, SIS733, SIS735, SIS745, SIS961, SIS962,
230SIS963, SIS964, SIS965.
231.It VIA:
232VT6410, VT6420, VT6421, VT82C586, VT82C586B, VT82C596, VT82C596B, VT82C686,
233VT82C686A, VT82C686B, VT8231, VT8233, VT8233A, VT8233C, VT8235, VT8237,
234VT8237A, VT8237S, VT8251, CX700, VX800, VX855, VX900.
235.El
236.Pp
237Some of above chips are also supported by the more featured
238.Xr ahci 4 ,
239.Xr mvs 4 ,
240and
241.Xr siis 4
242drivers.
243If both drivers are loaded at the same time, those will have precedence.
244.Pp
245Unknown ATA chipsets are supported in PIO modes, and if the standard
246busmaster DMA registers are present and contain valid setup, DMA is
247also enabled, although the max mode is limited to UDMA33, as it is
248not known what the chipset can do and how to program it.
249.Sh NOTES
250Please remember that in order to use UDMA4/ATA66 and above modes you
251.Em must
252use 80 conductor cables.
253Please assure that ribbon cables are no longer than 45cm.
254In case of rounded ATA cables, the length depends on the
255quality of the cables.
256SATA cables can be up to 1m long according to the specification.
257External SATA cables can be 2m long and more, but not all controllers
258work well on long cables, especially at high speeds.
259.Sh SEE ALSO
260.Xr ada 4 ,
261.Xr ahci 4 ,
262.Xr cam 4 ,
263.Xr camcontrol 8 ,
264.Xr cd 4 ,
265.Xr mvs 4 ,
266.Xr siis 4
267.Sh HISTORY
268The
269.Nm
270driver first appeared in
271.Fx 4.0 .
272It was turned into a
273.Xr CAM 4
274interface module in
275.Fx 9.0 .
276.Sh AUTHORS
277.An Alexander Motin
278.Aq mav@FreeBSD.org ,
279.An S\(/oren Schmidt
280.Aq sos@FreeBSD.org
281