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[src/trunk]: src/share/man/man4 note that mvsata(4) is unlikely to receive an...
details: https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/e7ade103c84b
branches: trunk
changeset: 445314:e7ade103c84b
user: jdolecek <jdolecek%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date: Mon Oct 22 19:53:25 2018 +0000
description:
note that mvsata(4) is unlikely to receive any further changes, and
remove the falsely promising 'yet's
diffstat:
share/man/man4/mvsata.4 | 17 +++++++++++++----
1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diffs (48 lines):
diff -r 5e6726f68807 -r e7ade103c84b share/man/man4/mvsata.4
--- a/share/man/man4/mvsata.4 Mon Oct 22 19:38:06 2018 +0000
+++ b/share/man/man4/mvsata.4 Mon Oct 22 19:53:25 2018 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: mvsata.4,v 1.6 2017/10/07 17:35:48 jdolecek Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: mvsata.4,v 1.7 2018/10/22 19:53:25 jdolecek Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2009 KIYOHARA Takashi
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\" ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd October 7, 2017
+.Dd October 22, 2018
.Dt MVSATA 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
.El
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr ahci 4 ,
.Xr ata 4 ,
.Xr atapi 4 ,
.Xr pci 4 ,
@@ -109,11 +110,19 @@
.An Jaromir Dolecek Aq Mt jdolecek%NetBSD.org@localhost .
.Sh BUGS
.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
-.It NCQ is not enabled on Gen II controllers yet .
+.It NCQ is only enabled on Gen IIe controllers .
.It Device hot swapping is not yet supported .
-.It Marvell's Software RAID is not yet supported by the
+.It Marvell's Software RAID is not supported by the
.Xr ataraid 4
driver.
.Xr raid 4
can be used instead.
.El
+.Pp
+This controler hardware is very old and pretty peculiar, with
+poor ATAPI support. It's very unlikely that the driver will
+receive any further changes, particularily not for the Gen I and Gen II
+controllers.
+Use an
+.Xr ahci 4
+compatible controller instead.
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