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17.Dd June 23, 2009
18.Dt SILI 4
19.Os
20.Sh NAME
21.Nm sili
22.Nd Silicon Image 3124/3132 SATA controller
23.Sh SYNOPSIS
24To compile this driver into the kernel,
25place the following line in your
26kernel configuration file:
27.Bd -ragged -offset indent
28.Cd "device sili"
29.Ed
30.Pp
31Alternatively, to load the driver as a
32module at boot time, place the following line in
33.Xr loader.conf 5 :
34.Bd -literal -offset indent
35sili_load="YES"
36.Ed
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38The
39.Nm
40driver provides support for SATA controllers using the Silicon Image
413124/3132 SATALink chipsets.
42.Pp
43Although
44.Nm
45controllers are actual ATA controllers, the driver emulates SCSI via a
46translation layer.
47.Sh LOADER TUNABLES
48The following hints may be set in
49.Xr loader.conf 5
50to control the
51.Nm
52driver's behavior.
53Note that the hint need only exist, so removing it requires commenting it out.
54.Pp
55Usually both the
56.Xr nata 4
57and the
58.Nm
59drivers are loaded.
60The
61.Xr nata 4
62driver will pick up any ata-like devices which the
63.Nm
64driver misses.
65If the
66.Nm
67driver is disabled the
68.Xr nata 4
69driver will typically pick up the
70.Nm
71devices, albeit under the
72.Pa ad
73disk name rather than the
74.Pa da
75disk name.
76.Bd -literal -offset indent
77hint.sili.disabled=1
78.Ed
79.Pp
80The
81.Nm
82driver can be told to force a lower-speed 1.5Gb link speed
83if necessary, and can also be told to refrain from attempting to send
84certain higher-level ATA commands to initialize ATA features which
85some devices might not properly implement.
86.Bd -literal -offset indent
87hint.sili.force150=1
88hint.sili.nofeatures=1
89.Ed
90.Sh SEE ALSO
91.Xr ahci 4 ,
92.Xr intro 4 ,
93.Xr nata 4 ,
94.Xr pci 4 ,
95.Xr scsi 4 ,
96.Xr loader.conf 5
97.Sh HISTORY
98The
99.Nm
100driver first appeared in
101.Dx 2.3 .
102.Sh AUTHORS
103.An -nosplit
104The
105.Nm
106driver was originally written by
107.An David Gwynne Aq dlg@openbsd.org
108and
109.An Christopher Pascoe Aq pascoe@openbsd.org
110for
111.Ox .
112.Pp
113It was ported to
114.Dx
115by
116.An Matt Dillon Aq dillon@apollo.backplane.com
117who added new features such as hot-plug and port multiplier support.
118