IXPIDE(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual IXPIDE(4)

NAME

ixpidePCI IDE disk controllers driver

SYNOPSIS

ixpide* at pci? dev ? function ? flags 0x0000

DESCRIPTION

The ixpide driver supports the ATI Technologies IXP IDE controller, and provides the interface with the hardware for the ata(4) driver.

The 0x0002 flag forces the ixpide driver to disable DMA on chipsets for which DMA would normally be enabled. This can be used as a debugging aid, or to work around problems where the IDE controller is wired up to the system incorrectly.

HARDWARE

The supported IDE controllers are

SEE ALSO

ata(4), atapi(4), intro(4), pci(4), pciide(4), wd(4), wdc(4)

CAVEATS

Some SB700 controllers can hang under load when Native IDE mode is selected in the system BIOS, but work fine in AHCI mode.
October 16, 2008 NetBSD 6.1