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27.Dd June 18, 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 specified the 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.El
124.Sh DESCRIPTION
125The
126.Nm
127driver gives the
128.Xr CAM 4
129subsystem access to the ATA (IDE) and SATA ports
130of many generic controllers.
131Depending on the controller, each PATA (IDE)
132port or each one or two SATA ports are
133represented to CAM as a separate bus with one or two targets.
134Most of the bus-management details are handled by the ATA/SATA-specific
135transport of CAM.
136Connected ATA disks are handled by the ATA protocol disk peripheral driver
137.Xr ada 4 .
138ATAPI devices are handled by the SCSI protocol peripheral drivers
139.Xr cd 4 ,
140.Xr da 4 ,
141.Xr sa 4 ,
142etc.
143.Pp
144This driver supports ATA, and for the most of controllers, ATAPI devices.
145Command queuing and SATA port multipliers are not supported.
146Device hot-plug and SATA interface power management is supported only on
147some controllers.
148.Pp
149The
150.Nm
151driver can change the transfer mode when the system is up and running.
152See the
153.Cm negotiate
154subcommand of
155.Xr camcontrol 8 .
156.Pp
157The
158.Nm
159driver sets the maximum transfer mode supported by the hardware as default.
160However, the
161.Nm
162driver sometimes warns:
163.Dq Sy "DMA limited to UDMA33, non-ATA66 cable or device".
164This means that
165the
166.Nm
167driver has detected that the required 80 conductor cable is not present
168or could not be detected properly,
169or that one of the devices on the channel only accepts up
170to UDMA2/ATA33.
171The
172.Va hw.ata.ata_dma_check_80pin
173tunable can be set to 0 to disable this check.
174.Sh HARDWARE
175The currently supported ATA/SATA controller chips are:
176.Pp
177.Bl -tag -width "Silicon Image:" -compact
178.It Acard:
179ATP850P, ATP860A, ATP860R, ATP865A, ATP865R.
180.It ALI:
181M5228, M5229, M5281, M5283, M5287, M5288, M5289.
182.It AMD:
183AMD756, AMD766, AMD768, AMD8111, CS5536.
184.It ATI:
185IXP200, IXP300, IXP400, IXP600, IXP700, IXP800.
186.It CMD:
187CMD646, CMD646U2, CMD648, CMD649.
188.It Cypress:
189Cypress 82C693.
190.It Cyrix:
191Cyrix 5530.
192.It HighPoint:
193HPT302, HPT366, HPT368, HPT370, HPT371, HPT372, HPT372N, HPT374.
194.It Intel:
1956300ESB, 31244, PIIX, PIIX3, PIIX4, ESB2, ICH, ICH0, ICH2, ICH3, ICH4, ICH5,
196ICH6, ICH7, ICH8, ICH9, ICH10, SCH, PCH.
197.It ITE:
198IT8211F, IT8212F, IT8213F.
199.It JMicron:
200JMB360, JMB361, JMB363, JMB365, JMB366, JMB368.
201.It Marvell
20288SX5040, 88SX5041, 88SX5080, 88SX5081, 88SX6041, 88SX6042, 88SX6081, 88SE6101,
20388SE6102, 88SE6111, 88SE6121, 88SE6141, 88SE6145, 88SX7042.
204.It National:
205SC1100.
206.It NetCell:
207NC3000, NC5000.
208.It nVidia:
209nForce, nForce2, nForce2 MCP, nForce3, nForce3 MCP, nForce3 Pro, nForce4,
210MCP51, MCP55, MCP61, MCP65, MCP67, MCP73, MCP77, MCP79, MCP89.
211.It Promise:
212PDC20246, PDC20262, PDC20263, PDC20265, PDC20267, PDC20268, PDC20269, PDC20270,
213PDC20271, PDC20275, PDC20276, PDC20277, PDC20318, PDC20319, PDC20371, PDC20375,
214PDC20376, PDC20377, PDC20378, PDC20379, PDC20571, PDC20575, PDC20579, PDC20580,
215PDC20617, PDC20618, PDC20619, PDC20620, PDC20621, PDC20622, PDC40518, PDC40519,
216PDC40718, PDC40719.
217.It ServerWorks:
218HT1000, ROSB4, CSB5, CSB6, K2, Frodo4, Frodo8.
219.It Silicon Image:
220SiI0680, SiI3112, SiI3114, SiI3124, SiI3132, SiI3512.
221.It SiS:
222SIS180, SIS181, SIS182, SIS5513, SIS530, SIS540, SIS550, SIS620, SIS630,
223SIS630S, SIS633, SIS635, SIS730, SIS733, SIS735, SIS745, SIS961, SIS962,
224SIS963, SIS964, SIS965.
225.It VIA:
226VT6410, VT6420, VT6421, VT82C586, VT82C586B, VT82C596, VT82C596B, VT82C686,
227VT82C686A, VT82C686B, VT8231, VT8233, VT8233A, VT8233C, VT8235, VT8237,
228VT8237A, VT8237S, VT8251, CX700, VX800, VX855, VX900.
229.El
230.Pp
231Some of above chips are also supported by the more featured
232.Xr ahci 4 ,
233.Xr mvs 4 ,
234and
235.Xr siis 4
236drivers.
237If both drivers are loaded at the same time, those will have precedence.
238.Pp
239Unknown ATA chipsets are supported in PIO modes, and if the standard
240busmaster DMA registers are present and contain valid setup, DMA is
241also enabled, although the max mode is limited to UDMA33, as it is
242not known what the chipset can do and how to program it.
243.Sh NOTES
244Please remember that in order to use UDMA4/ATA66 and above modes you
245.Em must
246use 80 conductor cables.
247Please assure that ribbon cables are no longer than 45cm.
248In case of rounded ATA cables, the length depends on the
249quality of the cables.
250SATA cables can be up to 1m long according to the specification.
251External SATA cables can be 2m long and more, but not all controllers
252work well on long cables, especially at high speeds.
253.Sh SEE ALSO
254.Xr ada 4 ,
255.Xr ahci 4 ,
256.Xr cam 4 ,
257.Xr camcontrol 8 ,
258.Xr cd 4 ,
259.Xr mvs 4 ,
260.Xr siis 4
261.Sh HISTORY
262The
263.Nm
264driver first appeared in
265.Fx 4.0 .
266It was turned into a
267.Xr CAM 4
268interface module in
269.Fx 9.0 .
270.Sh AUTHORS
271.An Alexander Motin
272.Aq mav@FreeBSD.org ,
273.An S\(/oren Schmidt
274.Aq sos@FreeBSD.org
275