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27.Dd March 23, 2015
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.Ed
40.Pp
41Alternatively, to load the driver as set of modules at boot time,
42place some of the following lines in
43.Xr loader.conf 5 :
44.Bd -literal -offset indent
45ata_load="YES"
46
47atacard_load="YES"
48ataisa_load="YES"
49atapci_load="YES"
50
51ataacard_load="YES"
52ataacerlabs_load="YES"
53ataamd_load="YES"
54ataati_load="YES"
55atacenatek_load="YES"
56atacypress_load="YES"
57atacyrix_load="YES"
58atahighpoint_load="YES"
59ataintel_load="YES"
60ataite_load="YES"
61atajmicron_load="YES"
62atamarvell_load="YES"
63atamicron_load="YES"
64atanational_load="YES"
65atanetcell_load="YES"
66atanvidia_load="YES"
67atapromise_load="YES"
68ataserverworks_load="YES"
69atasiliconimage_load="YES"
70atasis_load="YES"
71atavia_load="YES"
72.Ed
73.Pp
74The first line is for the common hardware independent code, and is a
75prerequisite for the other modules.
76The next three lines are generic bus-specific drivers.
77The rest are vendor-specific PCI drivers.
78.Pp
79The following tunables are settable from the
80.Xr loader 8 :
81.Bl -ohang
82.It Va hw.ata.ata_dma_check_80pin
83set to 0 to disable the 80pin cable check (the default is 1, check the cable).
84.It Va hint.atapci.X.msi
85set to 1 to allow Message Signalled Interrupts (MSI) to be used by the
86specified PCI ATA controller, if supported.
87.It Va hint.ata.X.devX.mode
88limits the initial ATA mode for the specified device on the specified channel.
89.It Va hint.ata.X.mode
90limits the initial ATA mode for every device on the specified channel.
91.It Va hint.ata.X.pm_level
92controls SATA interface Power Management for the specified channel,
93allowing some power savings at the cost of additional command latency.
94Possible values:
95.Pp
96.Bl -tag -width 4n -offset indent -compact
97.It 0
98Interface Power Management is disabled.
99This is the default value.
100.It 1
101The device is allowed to initiate a PM state change; the host is passive.
102.El
103.It Va hint.ata. Ns Ar X Ns Va .dev Ns Ar X Ns Va .sata_rev
104limits the initial SATA revision (speed) for the specified device
105on the specified channel.
106Values 1, 2 and 3 are respectively 1.5, 3 and 6Gbps.
107.It Va hint.ata. Ns Ar X Ns Va .sata_rev
108Same, but for every device on the specified channel.
109.El
110.Sh DESCRIPTION
111The
112.Nm
113driver gives the
114.Xr CAM 4
115subsystem access to the ATA (IDE) and SATA ports
116of many generic controllers.
117Depending on the controller, each PATA (IDE)
118port or each one or two SATA ports are
119represented to CAM as a separate bus with one or two targets.
120Most of the bus-management details are handled by the ATA/SATA-specific
121transport of CAM.
122Connected ATA disks are handled by the ATA protocol disk peripheral driver
123.Xr ada 4 .
124ATAPI devices are handled by the SCSI protocol peripheral drivers
125.Xr cd 4 ,
126.Xr da 4 ,
127.Xr sa 4 ,
128etc.
129.Pp
130This driver supports ATA, and for the most of controllers, ATAPI devices.
131Command queuing and SATA port multipliers are not supported.
132Device hot-plug and SATA interface power management is supported only on
133some controllers.
134.Pp
135The
136.Nm
137driver can change the transfer mode when the system is up and running.
138See the
139.Cm negotiate
140subcommand of
141.Xr camcontrol 8 .
142.Pp
143The
144.Nm
145driver sets the maximum transfer mode supported by the hardware as default.
146However, the
147.Nm
148driver sometimes warns:
149.Dq Sy "DMA limited to UDMA33, non-ATA66 cable or device".
150This means that
151the
152.Nm
153driver has detected that the required 80 conductor cable is not present
154or could not be detected properly,
155or that one of the devices on the channel only accepts up
156to UDMA2/ATA33.
157The
158.Va hw.ata.ata_dma_check_80pin
159tunable can be set to 0 to disable this check.
160.Sh HARDWARE
161The currently supported ATA/SATA controller chips are:
162.Pp
163.Bl -tag -width "Silicon Image:" -compact
164.It Acard:
165ATP850P, ATP860A, ATP860R, ATP865A, ATP865R.
166.It ALI:
167M5228, M5229, M5281, M5283, M5287, M5288, M5289.
168.It AMD:
169AMD756, AMD766, AMD768, AMD8111, CS5536.
170.It ATI:
171IXP200, IXP300, IXP400, IXP600, IXP700, IXP800.
172.It CMD:
173CMD646, CMD646U2, CMD648, CMD649.
174.It Cypress:
175Cypress 82C693.
176.It Cyrix:
177Cyrix 5530.
178.It HighPoint:
179HPT302, HPT366, HPT368, HPT370, HPT371, HPT372, HPT372N, HPT374.
180.It Intel:
1816300ESB, 31244, PIIX, PIIX3, PIIX4, ESB2, ICH, ICH0, ICH2, ICH3, ICH4, ICH5,
182ICH6, ICH7, ICH8, ICH9, ICH10, SCH, PCH.
183.It ITE:
184IT8211F, IT8212F, IT8213F.
185.It JMicron:
186JMB360, JMB361, JMB363, JMB365, JMB366, JMB368.
187.It Marvell
18888SE6101, 88SE6102, 88SE6111, 88SE6121, 88SE6141, 88SE6145.
189.It National:
190SC1100.
191.It NetCell:
192NC3000, NC5000.
193.It nVidia:
194nForce, nForce2, nForce2 MCP, nForce3, nForce3 MCP, nForce3 Pro, nForce4,
195MCP51, MCP55, MCP61, MCP65, MCP67, MCP73, MCP77, MCP79, MCP89.
196.It Promise:
197PDC20246, PDC20262, PDC20263, PDC20265, PDC20267, PDC20268, PDC20269, PDC20270,
198PDC20271, PDC20275, PDC20276, PDC20277, PDC20318, PDC20319, PDC20371, PDC20375,
199PDC20376, PDC20377, PDC20378, PDC20379, PDC20571, PDC20575, PDC20579, PDC20580,
200PDC20617, PDC20618, PDC20619, PDC20620, PDC20621, PDC20622, PDC40518, PDC40519,
201PDC40718, PDC40719.
202.It ServerWorks:
203HT1000, ROSB4, CSB5, CSB6, K2, Frodo4, Frodo8.
204.It Silicon Image:
205SiI0680, SiI3112, SiI3114, SiI3512.
206.It SiS:
207SIS180, SIS181, SIS182, SIS5513, SIS530, SIS540, SIS550, SIS620, SIS630,
208SIS630S, SIS633, SIS635, SIS730, SIS733, SIS735, SIS745, SIS961, SIS962,
209SIS963, SIS964, SIS965.
210.It VIA:
211VT6410, VT6420, VT6421, VT82C586, VT82C586B, VT82C596, VT82C596B, VT82C686,
212VT82C686A, VT82C686B, VT8231, VT8233, VT8233A, VT8233C, VT8235, VT8237,
213VT8237A, VT8237S, VT8251, CX700, VX800, VX855, VX900.
214.El
215.Pp
216Some of above chips can be configured for AHCI mode.
217In such case they are supported by
218.Xr ahci 4
219driver instead.
220.Pp
221Unknown ATA chipsets are supported in PIO modes, and if the standard
222busmaster DMA registers are present and contain valid setup, DMA is
223also enabled, although the max mode is limited to UDMA33, as it is
224not known what the chipset can do and how to program it.
225.Sh NOTES
226Please remember that in order to use UDMA4/ATA66 and above modes you
227.Em must
228use 80 conductor cables.
229Please assure that ribbon cables are no longer than 45cm.
230In case of rounded ATA cables, the length depends on the
231quality of the cables.
232SATA cables can be up to 1m long according to the specification.
233External SATA cables can be 2m long and more, but not all controllers
234work well on long cables, especially at high speeds.
235.Sh SEE ALSO
236.Xr ada 4 ,
237.Xr ahci 4 ,
238.Xr cam 4 ,
239.Xr cd 4 ,
240.Xr mvs 4 ,
241.Xr siis 4 ,
242.Xr camcontrol 8
243.Sh HISTORY
244The
245.Nm
246driver first appeared in
247.Fx 4.0 .
248It was turned into a
249.Xr CAM 4
250interface module in
251.Fx 9.0 .
252.Sh AUTHORS
253.An Alexander Motin Aq Mt mav@FreeBSD.org
254.An S\(/oren Schmidt Aq Mt sos@FreeBSD.org
255