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authormav <mav@FreeBSD.org>2010-03-02 09:23:54 +0000
committermav <mav@FreeBSD.org>2010-03-02 09:23:54 +0000
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Some style and language improvements.
Submitted by: ru
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/siis.4 b/share/man/man4/siis.4
index ab67cbc..8f70839 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/siis.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/siis.4
@@ -48,12 +48,13 @@ module at boot time, place the following line in
siis_load="YES"
.Ed
.Pp
-The following tunables are settable from the loader:
+The following tunables are settable from the
+.Xr loader 8 :
.Bl -ohang
-.It Va hint.siis.X.msi
+.It Va hint.siis. Ns Ar X Ns Va .msi
controls Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI) usage by the specified controller.
-.It Va hint.siisch.X.pm_level
-controls SATA interface Power Management for specified channel,
+.It Va hint.siisch. Ns Ar X Ns Va .pm_level
+controls SATA interface Power Management for the specified channel,
allowing some power to be saved at the cost of additional command
latency.
Possible values:
@@ -65,13 +66,15 @@ device is allowed to initiate PM state change, host is passive.
.El
Note that interface Power Management is not compatible with
device presence detection.
-You will have to reset bus manually on device hot-plug.
-.It Va hint.siisch.X.sata_rev
+A manual bus reset is needed on device hot-plug.
+.It Va hint.siisch. Ns Ar X Ns Va .sata_rev
setting to nonzero value limits maximum SATA revision (speed).
Values 1, 2 and 3 are respectively 1.5, 3 and 6Gbps.
.El
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-This driver provides the CAM subsystem native access to the
+This driver provides the
+.Xr CAM 4
+subsystem with native access to the
.Tn SATA
ports of controller.
Each SATA port is represented to CAM as a separate bus with 16 targets.
@@ -90,14 +93,15 @@ Port Multipliers (including FIS-based switching), hardware command queues
(31 command per port), Native Command Queuing, SATA interface Power Management,
device hot-plug and Message Signaled Interrupts.
.Pp
-Same hardware is also supported by atasiliconimage driver from
+Same hardware is also supported by the atasiliconimage driver from
.Xr ata 4
-subsystem. If both drivers are loaded at the same time, this one will be
+subsystem.
+If both drivers are loaded at the same time, this one will be
given precedence as the more functional of the two.
.Sh HARDWARE
The
.Nm
-driver supports following controllers:
+driver supports the following controllers:
.Bl -bullet -compact
.It
SiI3124
@@ -108,11 +112,11 @@ SiI3531
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ada 4 ,
+.Xr ata 4 ,
.Xr cd 4 ,
.Xr da 4 ,
.Xr sa 4 ,
-.Xr scsi 4 ,
-.Xr ata 4
+.Xr scsi 4
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
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