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Devices                                                  ahci(7D)



NAME
     ahci - Advanced Host Controller  Interface  SATA  controller
     driver

SYNOPSIS
     sata@unit-address


DESCRIPTION
     The ahci driver is a  SATA  framework-compliant  HBA  driver
     that  supports SATA HBA controllers that are compatible with
     the Advanced Host Controller  Interface  1.0  specification.
     AHCI  is  an  Intel-developed  protocol  that  describes the
     register-level interface for host controllers for serial ATA
     1.0a and Serial ATA II. The AHCI 1.0 specification describes
     the interface between the system software and the host  con-
     troller hardware.


     The ahci driver currently supports the Intel  ICH6/7/8/9/10,
     VIA  vt8251 and JMicron AHCI controllers which are compliant
     with the Advanced Host Controller Interface  1.0  specifica-
     tion.  The  Intel ICH6/7/8/9 and VIA vt8251 controllers sup-
     port standard SATA features. The ahci driver currently  sup-
     ports  hard  disk,  ATAPI  DVD, ATAPI tape, ATAPI disk (i.e.
     Dell RD1000), hotplug, NCQ (Native command queuing) and Port
     multipliers  (Silicon  Image 3726/4726). Power management is
     not yet supported.

CONFIGURATION
     The ahci module contains no user configurable parameters.

FILES
     /kernel/drv/ahci

         32-bit ELF kernel module (x86).


     /kernel/drv/amd64/ahci

         64-bit ELF kernel module (x86).


ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     bute:









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Devices                                                  ahci(7D)



     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Architecture                | x86                         |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | driver/storage/ahci         |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|


SEE ALSO
     cfgadm(1M), cfgadm_sata(1M), prtconf(1M), sata(7D)


     Advanced Host Controller Interface 1.0


     Writing Device Drivers

NOTES
     To bind the ahci  driver  to  your  controller,  choose  the
     [AHCI] BIOS option.


     Note that booting is not supported if toggle exists  between
     the [IDE] and [AHCI] BIOS options






























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