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siisata

SIISATA(4)						   BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual 						SIISATA(4)

NAME

     siisata -- Silicon Image SATA-II controllers driver

SYNOPSIS

     siisata* at pci? dev ? function ?
     siisata* at cardbus? function ?

DESCRIPTION

     The siisata driver supports the Silicon Image SteelVine family of SATA-II controllers, interfacing the hardware with the ata(4) and atapi(4)
     subsystems.

     The following controllers are supported by the siisata driver:

	   Silicon Image SiI3124 4-port PCI/PCI-X
	   Silicon Image SiI3132 2-port PCI-Express x1
	   Silicon Image SiI3531 1-port PCI-Express x1

SEE ALSO

     ata(4), atapi(4), cardbus(4), pci(4), wd(4)

HISTORY

     The siisata driver first appeared in NetBSD 5.0.

AUTHORS

     The siisata driver was written by Jonathan A. Kollasch <jakllsch@kollasch.net>.

BUGS

     SATA Native Command Queuing is not yet supported.
     Device hot swapping is not yet supported.
     Silicon Image's Software RAID is not yet supported by the
	     ataraid(4) driver.  raid(4) can be used instead.

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								   July 19, 2009							       BSD