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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
47ataisa_load="YES"
48atapci_load="YES"
49
50ataacard_load="YES"
51ataacerlabs_load="YES"
52ataamd_load="YES"
53ataati_load="YES"
54atacenatek_load="YES"
55atacypress_load="YES"
56atacyrix_load="YES"
57atahighpoint_load="YES"
58ataintel_load="YES"
59ataite_load="YES"
60atajmicron_load="YES"
61atamarvell_load="YES"
62atamicron_load="YES"
63atanational_load="YES"
64atanetcell_load="YES"
65atanvidia_load="YES"
66atapromise_load="YES"
67ataserverworks_load="YES"
68atasiliconimage_load="YES"
69atasis_load="YES"
70atavia_load="YES"
71.Ed
72.Pp
73The first line is for the common hardware independent code, and is a
74prerequisite for the other modules.
75The next three lines are generic bus-specific drivers.
76The rest are vendor-specific PCI drivers.
77.Pp
78The following tunables are settable from the
79.Xr loader 8 :
80.Bl -ohang
81.It Va hw.ata.ata_dma_check_80pin
82set to 0 to disable the 80pin cable check (the default is 1, check the cable).
83.It Va hint.atapci.X.msi
84set to 1 to allow Message Signalled Interrupts (MSI) to be used by the
85specified PCI ATA controller, if supported.
86.It Va hint.ata.X.devX.mode
87limits the initial ATA mode for the specified device on the specified channel.
88.It Va hint.ata.X.mode
89limits the initial ATA mode for every device on the specified channel.
90.It Va hint.ata.X.pm_level
91controls SATA interface Power Management for the specified channel,
92allowing some power savings at the cost of additional command latency.
93Possible values:
94.Pp
95.Bl -tag -width 4n -offset indent -compact
96.It 0
97Interface Power Management is disabled.
98This is the default value.
99.It 1
100The device is allowed to initiate a PM state change; the host is passive.
101.El
102.It Va hint.ata. Ns Ar X Ns Va .dev Ns Ar X Ns Va .sata_rev
103limits the initial SATA revision (speed) for the specified device
104on the specified channel.
105Values 1, 2 and 3 are respectively 1.5, 3 and 6Gbps.
106.It Va hint.ata. Ns Ar X Ns Va .sata_rev
107Same, but for every device on the specified channel.
108.El
109.Sh DESCRIPTION
110The
111.Nm
112driver gives the
113.Xr CAM 4
114subsystem access to the ATA (IDE) and SATA ports
115of many generic controllers.
116Depending on the controller, each PATA (IDE)
117port or each one or two SATA ports are
118represented to CAM as a separate bus with one or two targets.
119Most of the bus-management details are handled by the ATA/SATA-specific
120transport of CAM.
121Connected ATA disks are handled by the ATA protocol disk peripheral driver
122.Xr ada 4 .
123ATAPI devices are handled by the SCSI protocol peripheral drivers
124.Xr cd 4 ,
125.Xr da 4 ,
126.Xr sa 4 ,
127etc.
128.Pp
129This driver supports ATA, and for the most of controllers, ATAPI devices.
130Command queuing and SATA port multipliers are not supported.
131Device hot-plug and SATA interface power management is supported only on
132some controllers.
133.Pp
134The
135.Nm
136driver can change the transfer mode when the system is up and running.
137See the
138.Cm negotiate
139subcommand of
140.Xr camcontrol 8 .
141.Pp
142The
143.Nm
144driver sets the maximum transfer mode supported by the hardware as default.
145However, the
146.Nm
147driver sometimes warns:
148.Dq Sy "DMA limited to UDMA33, non-ATA66 cable or device".
149This means that
150the
151.Nm
152driver has detected that the required 80 conductor cable is not present
153or could not be detected properly,
154or that one of the devices on the channel only accepts up
155to UDMA2/ATA33.
156The
157.Va hw.ata.ata_dma_check_80pin
158tunable can be set to 0 to disable this check.
159.Sh HARDWARE
160The currently supported ATA/SATA controller chips are:
161.Pp
162.Bl -tag -width "Silicon Image:" -compact
163.It Acard:
164ATP850P, ATP860A, ATP860R, ATP865A, ATP865R.
165.It ALI:
166M5228, M5229, M5281, M5283, M5287, M5288, M5289.
167.It AMD:
168AMD756, AMD766, AMD768, AMD8111, CS5536.
169.It ATI:
170IXP200, IXP300, IXP400, IXP600, IXP700, IXP800.
171.It CMD:
172CMD646, CMD646U2, CMD648, CMD649.
173.It Cypress:
174Cypress 82C693.
175.It Cyrix:
176Cyrix 5530.
177.It HighPoint:
178HPT302, HPT366, HPT368, HPT370, HPT371, HPT372, HPT372N, HPT374.
179.It Intel:
1806300ESB, 31244, PIIX, PIIX3, PIIX4, ESB2, ICH, ICH0, ICH2, ICH3, ICH4, ICH5,
181ICH6, ICH7, ICH8, ICH9, ICH10, SCH, PCH.
182.It ITE:
183IT8211F, IT8212F, IT8213F.
184.It JMicron:
185JMB360, JMB361, JMB363, JMB365, JMB366, JMB368.
186.It Marvell
18788SE6101, 88SE6102, 88SE6111, 88SE6121, 88SE6141, 88SE6145.
188.It National:
189SC1100.
190.It NetCell:
191NC3000, NC5000.
192.It nVidia:
193nForce, nForce2, nForce2 MCP, nForce3, nForce3 MCP, nForce3 Pro, nForce4,
194MCP51, MCP55, MCP61, MCP65, MCP67, MCP73, MCP77, MCP79, MCP89.
195.It Promise:
196PDC20246, PDC20262, PDC20263, PDC20265, PDC20267, PDC20268, PDC20269, PDC20270,
197PDC20271, PDC20275, PDC20276, PDC20277, PDC20318, PDC20319, PDC20371, PDC20375,
198PDC20376, PDC20377, PDC20378, PDC20379, PDC20571, PDC20575, PDC20579, PDC20580,
199PDC20617, PDC20618, PDC20619, PDC20620, PDC20621, PDC20622, PDC40518, PDC40519,
200PDC40718, PDC40719.
201.It ServerWorks:
202HT1000, ROSB4, CSB5, CSB6, K2, Frodo4, Frodo8.
203.It Silicon Image:
204SiI0680, SiI3112, SiI3114, SiI3512.
205.It SiS:
206SIS180, SIS181, SIS182, SIS5513, SIS530, SIS540, SIS550, SIS620, SIS630,
207SIS630S, SIS633, SIS635, SIS730, SIS733, SIS735, SIS745, SIS961, SIS962,
208SIS963, SIS964, SIS965.
209.It VIA:
210VT6410, VT6420, VT6421, VT82C586, VT82C586B, VT82C596, VT82C596B, VT82C686,
211VT82C686A, VT82C686B, VT8231, VT8233, VT8233A, VT8233C, VT8235, VT8237,
212VT8237A, VT8237S, VT8251, CX700, VX800, VX855, VX900.
213.El
214.Pp
215Some of above chips can be configured for AHCI mode.
216In such case they are supported by
217.Xr ahci 4
218driver instead.
219.Pp
220Unknown ATA chipsets are supported in PIO modes, and if the standard
221busmaster DMA registers are present and contain valid setup, DMA is
222also enabled, although the max mode is limited to UDMA33, as it is
223not known what the chipset can do and how to program it.
224.Sh NOTES
225Please remember that in order to use UDMA4/ATA66 and above modes you
226.Em must
227use 80 conductor cables.
228Please assure that ribbon cables are no longer than 45cm.
229In case of rounded ATA cables, the length depends on the
230quality of the cables.
231SATA cables can be up to 1m long according to the specification.
232External SATA cables can be 2m long and more, but not all controllers
233work well on long cables, especially at high speeds.
234.Sh SEE ALSO
235.Xr ada 4 ,
236.Xr ahci 4 ,
237.Xr cam 4 ,
238.Xr cd 4 ,
239.Xr mvs 4 ,
240.Xr siis 4 ,
241.Xr camcontrol 8
242.Sh HISTORY
243The
244.Nm
245driver first appeared in
246.Fx 4.0 .
247It was turned into a
248.Xr CAM 4
249interface module in
250.Fx 9.0 .
251.Sh AUTHORS
252.An Alexander Motin Aq Mt mav@FreeBSD.org
253.An S\(/oren Schmidt Aq Mt sos@FreeBSD.org
254