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22 .Nd Advanced Host Controller Interface for Serial ATA
24 To compile this driver into the kernel,
25 place the following line in your
26 kernel configuration file:
27 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
31 Alternatively, to load the driver as a
32 module at boot time, place the following line in
34 .Bd -literal -offset indent
40 driver provides support for Serial ATA controllers conforming to the
41 Advanced Host Controller Interface specification.
43 Several AHCI capable controllers also provide a compatibility mode that
44 causes them to appear as a traditional ATA controller supported by
49 controllers are actual ATA controllers, the driver emulates SCSI via a
52 Setting the lowest bit (0x1) of the driver flags forces
54 to negotiate SATA 1 (1.5 Gb/s) transfer speeds only.
55 It may be useful where higher speeds are unstable.
57 The following hints may be set in
62 Note that the hint need only exist, so removing it requires commenting it out.
71 driver will pick up any ata-like devices which the
76 driver is disabled the
78 driver will typically pick up the
80 devices, albeit under the "ad" disk name rather than the "da" disk name.
84 driver can be told to force a lower-speed 1.5Gb link speed
85 if necessary, and can also be told to refrain from attempting to send
86 certain higher-level ATA commands to initialize ATA features which
87 some devices might not properly implement.
88 .Bd -literal -offset indent
91 hint.ahci.nofeatures=1
103 driver first appeared in
109 driver was originally written by
110 .An David Gwynne Aq dlg@openbsd.org
112 .An Christopher Pascoe Aq pascoe@openbsd.org
119 .An Matt Dillon Aq dillon@apollo.backplane.com
120 who added new features such as port multiplier support.