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si3124

si3124(7D)							      Devices								si3124(7D)

NAME

       si3124 - SiliconImage 3124/3132 SATA controller driver

SYNOPSIS

       sata@unit-address

DESCRIPTION

       The  si3124 driver is a SATA framework-compliant HBA driver that supports Silicon Image 3124 and 3132 SATA controllers. Note that while the
       Silicon Image controllers supports standard SATA features including SATA-II disks, NCQ, hotplug,  port  multiplier  and	ATAPI  disks,  the
       si3124 driver currently does not support NCQ, port multiplier or ATAPI features.

CONFIGURATION

       There are no tunable parameters in the si3124.conf file.

FILES

       /kernel/drv/si3124	   32-bit ELF kernel module (x86).

       /kernel/drv/amd64/si3124    64-bit ELF kernel module. (x86).

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Architecture		     |x86			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWsi3124		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       cfgadm(1M), prtconf(1M), cfgadm_sata(1M), attributes(5), nv_sata(7D), sata(7D)

       Writing Device Drivers

SunOS 5.11							  17 August 2007							si3124(7D)