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Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man4/siis.4')
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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 12 deletions
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 |