ahci(7D) Devices ahci(7D)NAMEahci - Advanced Host Controller Interface SATA controller driver
SYNOPSIS
sata@unit-address
DESCRIPTION
The ahci driver is a SATA framework-compliant HBA driver that supports
SATA HBA controllers that are compatible with the Advanced Host Con‐
troller Interface 1.0 specification. AHCI is an Intel-developed proto‐
col that describes the register-level interface for host controllers
for serial ATA 1.0a and Serial ATA II. The AHCI 1.0 specification
describes the interface between the system software and the host con‐
troller hardware.
The ahci driver currently supports the Intel ICH6/7/8/9/10, VIA vt8251
and JMicron AHCI controllers which are compliant with the Advanced Host
Controller Interface 1.0 specification. The Intel ICH6/7/8/9 and VIA
vt8251 controllers support standard SATA features. The ahci driver cur‐
rently supports hard disk, ATAPI DVD, ATAPI tape, ATAPI disk (i.e. Dell
RD1000), hotplug, NCQ (Native command queuing) and Port multipliers
(Silicon Image 3726/4726). Power management is not yet supported.
CONFIGURATION
The ahci module contains no user configurable parameters.
FILES
/kernel/drv/ahci
32-bit ELF kernel module (x86).
/kernel/drv/amd64/ahci
64-bit ELF kernel module (x86).
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attribute:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Architecture │x86 │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │driver/storage/ahci │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOcfgadm(1M), cfgadm_sata(1M), prtconf(1M), sata(7D)
Advanced Host Controller Interface 1.0
Writing Device Drivers
NOTES
To bind the ahci driver to your controller, choose the [AHCI] BIOS
option.
Note that booting is not supported if toggle exists between the [IDE]
and [AHCI] BIOS options
SunOS 5.11 10 Sep 2009 ahci(7D)