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22 .Nd Silicon Image 3124/3132 SATA controller
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 SATA controllers using the Silicon Image
41 3124/3132 SATALink chipsets.
45 controllers are actual ATA controllers, the driver emulates SCSI via a
48 The following hints may be set in
53 Note that the hint need only exist, so removing it requires commenting it out.
62 driver will pick up any ata-like devices which the
67 driver is disabled the
69 driver will typically pick up the
71 devices, albeit under the
73 disk name rather than the
76 .Bd -literal -offset indent
82 driver can be told to force a lower-speed 1.5Gb link speed
83 if necessary, and can also be told to refrain from attempting to send
84 certain higher-level ATA commands to initialize ATA features which
85 some devices might not properly implement.
86 .Bd -literal -offset indent
88 hint.sili.nofeatures=1
100 driver first appeared in
106 driver was originally written by
107 .An David Gwynne Aq dlg@openbsd.org
109 .An Christopher Pascoe Aq pascoe@openbsd.org
116 .An Matt Dillon Aq dillon@apollo.backplane.com
117 who added new features such as hot-plug and port multiplier support.