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27.Dd August 17, 2011
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.ata.ata_dma_check_80pin
93set to 0 to disable the 80pin cable check (the default is 1, check the cable)
94.It Va hint.atapci.X.msi
95set to 1 to allow Message Signalled Interrupts (MSI) to be used by the
96specified PCI ATA controller, if supported.
97.It Va hint.ata.X.devX.mode
98limits the initial ATA mode for the specified device on specified the channel.
99.It Va hint.ata.X.mode
100limits the initial ATA mode for every device on the specified channel.
101.It Va hint.ata.X.pm_level
102controls SATA interface Power Management for the specified channel,
103allowing some power savings at the cost of additional command latency.
104Possible values:
105.Bl -tag -compact
106.It 0
107Interface Power Management is disabled.
108This is the default value.
109.It 1
110The device is allowed to initiate a PM state change; the host is passive.
111.It 2
112The host initiates a PARTIAL PM state transition every time a port becomes idle.
113.It 3
114host initiates SLUMBER PM state transition every time port becomes idle.
115.El
116Modes 2 and 3 are only supported for AHCI.
117.El
118.Sh DESCRIPTION
119The
120.Nm
121driver gives the
122.Xr CAM 4
123subsystem access to the ATA (IDE) and SATA ports
124of many generic controllers.
125Depending on the controller, each PATA (IDE)
126port or each one or two SATA ports are
127represented to CAM as a separate bus with one or two targets.
128Most of the bus-management details are handled by the ATA/SATA-specific
129transport of CAM.
130Connected ATA disks are handled by the ATA protocol disk peripheral driver
131.Xr ada 4 .
132ATAPI devices are handled by the SCSI protocol peripheral drivers
133.Xr cd 4 ,
134.Xr da 4 ,
135.Xr sa 4 ,
136etc.
137.Pp
138This driver supports ATA, and for the most of controllers, ATAPI devices.
139Command queuing and SATA port multipliers are not supported.
140Device hot-plug and SATA interface power management is supported only on
141some controllers.
142.Pp
143The
144.Nm
145driver can change the transfer mode when the system is up and running.
146See the
147.Cm negotiate
148subcommand of
149.Xr camcontrol 8 .
150.Pp
151The
152.Nm
153driver sets the maximum transfer mode supported by the hardware as default.
154However, the
155.Nm
156driver sometimes warns:
157.Dq Sy "DMA limited to UDMA33, non-ATA66 cable or device".
158This means that
159the
160.Nm
161driver has detected that the required 80 conductor cable is not present
162or could not be detected properly,
163or that one of the devices on the channel only accepts up
164to UDMA2/ATA33.
165The
166.Va hw.ata.ata_dma_check_80pin
167tunable can be set to 0 to disable this check.
168.Sh HARDWARE
169The currently supported ATA/SATA controller chips are:
170.Pp
171.Bl -tag -width "Silicon Image:" -compact
172.It Acard:
173ATP850P, ATP860A, ATP860R, ATP865A, ATP865R.
174.It ALI:
175M5228, M5229, M5281, M5283, M5287, M5288, M5289.
176.It AMD:
177AMD756, AMD766, AMD768, AMD8111, CS5536.
178.It ATI:
179IXP200, IXP300, IXP400, IXP600, IXP700, IXP800.
180.It CMD:
181CMD646, CMD646U2, CMD648, CMD649.
182.It Cypress:
183Cypress 82C693.
184.It Cyrix:
185Cyrix 5530.
186.It HighPoint:
187HPT302, HPT366, HPT368, HPT370, HPT371, HPT372, HPT372N, HPT374.
188.It Intel:
1896300ESB, 31244, PIIX, PIIX3, PIIX4, ESB2, ICH, ICH0, ICH2, ICH3, ICH4, ICH5,
190ICH6, ICH7, ICH8, ICH9, ICH10, SCH, PCH.
191.It ITE:
192IT8211F, IT8212F, IT8213F.
193.It JMicron:
194JMB360, JMB361, JMB363, JMB365, JMB366, JMB368.
195.It Marvell
19688SX5040, 88SX5041, 88SX5080, 88SX5081, 88SX6041, 88SX6042, 88SX6081, 88SX6101,
19788SX6102, 88SX6111, 88SX6121, 88SX6141, 88SX6145, 88SX7042.
198.It National:
199SC1100.
200.It NetCell:
201NC3000, NC5000.
202.It nVidia:
203nForce, nForce2, nForce2 MCP, nForce3, nForce3 MCP, nForce3 Pro, nForce4,
204MCP51, MCP55, MCP61, MCP65, MCP67, MCP73, MCP77, MCP79, MCP89.
205.It Promise:
206PDC20246, PDC20262, PDC20263, PDC20265, PDC20267, PDC20268, PDC20269, PDC20270,
207PDC20271, PDC20275, PDC20276, PDC20277, PDC20318, PDC20319, PDC20371, PDC20375,
208PDC20376, PDC20377, PDC20378, PDC20379, PDC20571, PDC20575, PDC20579, PDC20580,
209PDC20617, PDC20618, PDC20619, PDC20620, PDC20621, PDC20622, PDC40518, PDC40519,
210PDC40718, PDC40719.
211.It ServerWorks:
212HT1000, ROSB4, CSB5, CSB6, K2, Frodo4, Frodo8.
213.It Silicon Image:
214SiI0680, SiI3112, SiI3114, SiI3124, SiI3132, SiI3512.
215.It SiS:
216SIS180, SIS181, SIS182, SIS5513, SIS530, SIS540, SIS550, SIS620, SIS630,
217SIS630S, SIS633, SIS635, SIS730, SIS733, SIS735, SIS745, SIS961, SIS962,
218SIS963, SIS964, SIS965.
219.It VIA:
220VT6410, VT6420, VT6421, VT82C586, VT82C586B, VT82C596, VT82C596B, VT82C686,
221VT82C686A, VT82C686B, VT8231, VT8233, VT8233A, VT8233C, VT8235, VT8237,
222VT8237A, VT8237S, VT8251, CX700, VX800, VX855, VX900.
223.El
224.Pp
225Some of above chips are also supported by the more featured
226.Xr ahci 4 ,
227.Xr mvs 4 ,
228and
229.Xr siis 4
230drivers.
231If both drivers are loaded at the same time, those will have precedence.
232.Pp
233Unknown ATA chipsets are supported in PIO modes, and if the standard
234busmaster DMA registers are present and contain valid setup, DMA is
235also enabled, although the max mode is limited to UDMA33, as it is
236not known what the chipset can do and how to program it.
237.Sh NOTES
238Please remember that in order to use UDMA4/ATA66 and above modes you
239.Em must
240use 80 conductor cables.
241Please assure that ribbon cables are no longer than 45cm.
242In case of rounded ATA cables, the length depends on the
243quality of the cables.
244SATA cables can be up to 1m long according to the specification.
245External SATA cables can be 2m long and more, but not all controllers
246work well on long cables, especially at high speeds.
247.Sh SEE ALSO
248.Xr ada 4 ,
249.Xr ahci 4 ,
250.Xr cam 4 ,
251.Xr camcontrol 8 ,
252.Xr cd 4 ,
253.Xr mvs 4 ,
254.Xr siis 4
255.Sh HISTORY
256The
257.Nm
258driver first appeared in
259.Fx 4.0 .
260It was turned into a
261.Xr CAM 4
262interface module in
263.Fx 9.0 .
264.Sh AUTHORS
265.An Alexander Motin
266.Aq mav@FreeBSD.org ,
267.An S\(/oren Schmidt
268.Aq sos@FreeBSD.org
269