| History log of /src/share/man/man4/viaide.4 |
| Revision | | Date | Author | Comments |
| 1.13 |
| 17-Oct-2025 |
andvar | viaide(4): add UDMA support for VT8233C IDE controller.
The VT8233C is another obscure VIA southbridge and appears to be a variant of the
VT8233 rather than the VT8233A (which supports ATA133). The C variant was paired with
a 3Com network controller instead of VIA’s own NIC. Detect the ISA–PCI bridge and
enable UDMA100 capability for improved IDE performance.
Update the viaide(4) man page and refine the list of supported VIA controllers.
|
| 1.12 |
| 21-Apr-2025 |
andvar | branches: 1.12.2;
viaide(4): remove notes section about VT6421, it is not currently required to
setup RAID/JBOD sets to access drives.
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| 1.11 |
| 21-Apr-2025 |
andvar | viaide(4): update the list of supported VIA controllers.
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| 1.10 |
| 19-Oct-2009 |
bouyer | branches: 1.10.50; 1.10.58; 1.10.60;
Remove closes 3 & 4 from my licence. Lots of thanks to Soren Jacobsen
for the booring work !
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| 1.9 |
| 31-Aug-2007 |
xtraeme | Mention support for VIA CX700 IDE and NVIDIA MCP67 IDE/SATA Controllers.
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| 1.8 |
| 21-Jan-2007 |
isaki | branches: 1.8.4;
Add support for CS5536.
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| 1.7 |
| 03-Sep-2006 |
xtraeme | branches: 1.7.2; 1.7.4;
Mention MCP61/65... and bump date.
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| 1.6 |
| 17-Jun-2006 |
xtraeme | branches: 1.6.2;
Mention support for NVIDIA MCP04/MCP55 IDE/SATA controllers and
VIA VT8237R SATA controller.
Bump date.
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| 1.5 |
| 02-Feb-2005 |
wiz | branches: 1.5.6;
Fix date string (February instead of Feburary); new sentence, new line.
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| 1.4 |
| 02-Feb-2005 |
abs | Reminder not to trust cheap no-name packaging. VIA product 0x3249 is
a VT642*1* not VT642. Also add to list in viaide manpage and note
that drives need to be configured into RAID/JOBS sets via its BIOS.
http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/peripherals/serial-ata_raid/vt6421/
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| 1.3 |
| 27-Jan-2005 |
kent | support for nForce4.
bump date.
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| 1.2 |
| 08-Oct-2003 |
wiz | branches: 1.2.4;
Sort SEE ALSO; replace some "Ic ata" with "Xr ata 4".
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| 1.1 |
| 08-Oct-2003 |
bouyer | Add man page for per-chip pciide drivers.
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| 1.2.4.1 |
| 05-May-2005 |
riz | Pull up revision 1.4-1.5 (requested by abs in ticket #1153):
Reminder not to trust cheap no-name packaging. VIA product 0x3249 is
a VT642*1* not VT642. Also add to list in viaide manpage and note
that drives need to be configured into RAID/JOBS sets via its BIOS.
http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/peripherals/serial-ata_raid/vt6421/
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| 1.5.6.1 |
| 19-Jun-2006 |
chap | Sync with head.
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| 1.6.2.1 |
| 07-Sep-2006 |
riz | Pull up following revision(s) (requested by xtraeme in ticket #113):
sys/dev/pci/viaide.c: revision 1.33
share/man/man4/viaide.4: revision 1.7
sys/dev/pci/pcidevs: revision 1.825
sys/dev/pci/pcidevs: revision 1.826
- Add all pciids for nvidia MCP61/65 controllers, from obsd.
- Improve description in all them.
Erm forgot to add MCP61/65 SATA Controllers and sort them.
Add support for nvidia MCP61/65 IDE/SATA Controllers.
Mention MCP61/65... and bump date.
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| 1.7.4.1 |
| 03-Sep-2007 |
wrstuden | Sync w/ NetBSD-4-RC_1
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| 1.7.2.1 |
| 10-Jun-2007 |
bouyer | Pull up following revision(s) (requested by hira in ticket #713):
sys/dev/pci/pcidevs: revision 1.863
sys/dev/pci/viaide.c: revision 1.38
share/man/man4/viaide.4: revision 1.8
Add PCI Ids for AMD Geode LX and CS5536.
Add support for CS5536 IDE.
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| 1.8.4.1 |
| 06-Nov-2007 |
matt | sync with HEAD
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| 1.10.60.1 |
| 02-Aug-2025 |
perseant | Sync with HEAD
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| 1.10.58.2 |
| 26-Oct-2025 |
martin | Pull up following revision(s) (requested by andvar in ticket #1184):
share/man/man4/viaide.4: revision 1.13
sys/dev/pci/viaide.c: revision 1.105
viaide(4): add UDMA support for VT8233C IDE controller.
The VT8233C is another obscure VIA southbridge and appears to be a
variant of the
VT8233 rather than the VT8233A (which supports ATA133). The C variant
was paired with
a 3Com network controller instead of VIA's own NIC. Detect the ISA-PCI
bridge and
enable UDMA100 capability for improved IDE performance.
Update the viaide(4) man page and refine the list of supported VIA controllers.
|
| 1.10.58.1 |
| 09-May-2025 |
martin | Pull up following revision(s) (requested by andvar in ticket #1101):
sys/dev/pci/viaide.c: revision 1.90
sys/dev/pci/ahcisata_pci.c: revision 1.72
sys/dev/pci/pciide_apollo_reg.h: revision 1.21
sys/dev/pci/viaide.c: revision 1.91
sys/dev/pci/viaide.c: revision 1.92
sys/dev/pci/viaide.c: revision 1.93
sys/dev/pci/viaide.c: revision 1.94
sys/dev/pci/viaide.c: revision 1.96
sys/dev/pci/viaide.c: revision 1.97
sys/dev/pci/viaide.c: revision 1.98
share/man/man4/viaide.4: revision 1.11
share/man/man4/viaide.4: revision 1.12
Use the chipset name to describe the IDE controller in order to avoid confusion.
VT800->VX800 and VT855->VX855.
Add VIA VT8261 southbridge SATA controller IDs and PCIB.
viaide(4): use via_chip_map() instead of via_sata_chip_map_new() to attach
CX700/VX800 IDE/SATA RAID controllers and set interface flags the same way as
the VT6410_RAID case for native interrupts required by RAID mode.
Device descriptions were moved to pciide_via_products and updated to cascade
VT6410_RAID and CX700_IDE options.
via_sata_chip_map_new previously worked more by "accident," as it did not
return early on failure to map SATA registers and defaulted to the generic
drive probe function. However, it failed to attach PATA drives (endless
timeouts) and incorrectly detected "three" channels as VT6421, despite the
controller having only two.
Fixes PR kern/59010.
Reviewed and approved by jakllsch@.
Update CX700_IDE and CX700M2_IDE descriptions to better reflect their actual
purpose.
These are not separate IDE controllers for CX700 and CX700M2 but rather the
IDE and RAID modes of the same controller in these chipsets (and few more).
viaide(4): check and add ATA RAID capability in via_sata_chip_map_new() used
by VT6241(A) RAID controller.
This is required for ataraid(4) to attach on this controller if RAID was
configured using its firwmare.
The conditions may be redundant for this controller, but it is uncertain what
variations exist in the wild.
viaide(4): add IDE controller identification by the VT8237S ISA bridge.
The controller's PATA interface uses PCI ID 0x0571, which is shared among
many VIA southbridges. The ISA bridge is used to identify capabilities,
including for the VT8237S.
Unknown PATA controllers disable UDMA by default. This change ensures PATA
drives attach at full speed.
viaide(4): Add support for VIA VT8261 IDE/SATA integrated controller.
The VT8261 southbridge, paired with the VN1000 chipset, is obscure and hard to
find. Besides some evaluation boards surfacing after Centaurs demise, at least
one rare production motherboard is known to exist.
Despite its rarity, the VT8261 is very similar to the VT8251. It uses separate
PCI IDs for PATA and SATA (IDE/RAID modes) with 4 SATA ports in total, 2 ports
sharing one channel, and maps registers through BAR5. This similarity made
adding basic support relatively simple (sharing same issues too).
Tested briefly on VIA VT8591B eval board.
viaide(4): Add RAID mode support for VIA VX900/VX11 SATA controllers.
The BIOS option to enable RAID is uncommon on systems using these chipsets;
however, at least two motherboards mention it in their manuals. The RAID
firmware does not provide management features, but it can recognize and boot
from preconfigured VIA RAID arrays.
Tested on ECS VX900-I.
Also add the VX11 chipset to the controller name, as it shares the same PCI ID.
viaide(4): Improve VT8251 integrated SATA controller support in IDE/RAID modes.
Use via_chip_map() to attach this controller in IDE and RAID modes, similarly
to VX800. This allows drives to be identified and attached successfully on all
four ports (two channels with master/slave ports).
Switch channel setup to sata_setup_channel(), replacing via_setup_channel().
This avoids writes to the 0x50 register, which is only relevant for IDE
controllers. Writes to SATA controller registers caused drives on the IDE
controller (0x0571) to fail to attach. Apply this fix also to VX900 and VT8261.
Rename VT8237R_SATA to VT8251_SATA (0x3349 is not used for VT8237R, AFAIK).
This PCI ID is used in RAID mode on newer (CE) chipset revision and in all
modes (IDE/RAID/AHCI) on older revision.
Add the 0x5287 PCI ID, used in IDE mode on newer (CE) chipset revision.
Rename VT8251_SATA to VT8251_AHCI (0x6287 is used only in AHCI mode).
Add VT8251_AHCI to the ahcisata(4) quirk list, same as VT8251_SATA.
For more details, see the tech-kern thread:
https://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-kern/2025/04/13/msg030365.html
Should fix and close PR kern/37517.
Tested on Asus A8V-VM (CD) and MSI MS-7318 (CE) motherboards.
Reviewed by bad.
viaide(4): check if chip enable register returns 0 before emulating enable
bits.
At least some VT6410 controllers have register exposed. In fact, some
motherboards allow to control IDE channels (enable/disable them).
viaide(4): update the list of supported VIA controllers.
viaide(4): remove notes section about VT6421, it is not currently required to
setup RAID/JBOD sets to access drives.
|
| 1.10.50.2 |
| 26-Oct-2025 |
martin | Pull up following revision(s) (requested by andvar in ticket #1978):
share/man/man4/viaide.4: revision 1.13
sys/dev/pci/viaide.c: revision 1.105
viaide(4): add UDMA support for VT8233C IDE controller.
The VT8233C is another obscure VIA southbridge and appears to be a
variant of the
VT8233 rather than the VT8233A (which supports ATA133). The C variant
was paired with
a 3Com network controller instead of VIA's own NIC. Detect the ISA-PCI
bridge and
enable UDMA100 capability for improved IDE performance.
Update the viaide(4) man page and refine the list of supported VIA controllers.
|
| 1.10.50.1 |
| 09-May-2025 |
martin | Pull up following revision(s) (requested by andvar in ticket #1944):
sys/dev/pci/viaide.c: revision 1.90
sys/dev/pci/ahcisata_pci.c: revision 1.72
sys/dev/pci/pciide_apollo_reg.h: revision 1.21
sys/dev/pci/viaide.c: revision 1.91
sys/dev/pci/viaide.c: revision 1.92
sys/dev/pci/viaide.c: revision 1.93
sys/dev/pci/viaide.c: revision 1.94
sys/dev/pci/viaide.c: revision 1.96
sys/dev/pci/viaide.c: revision 1.97
sys/dev/pci/viaide.c: revision 1.98
share/man/man4/viaide.4: revision 1.11
share/man/man4/viaide.4: revision 1.12
Use the chipset name to describe the IDE controller in order to avoid confusion.
VT800->VX800 and VT855->VX855.
Add VIA VT8261 southbridge SATA controller IDs and PCIB.
viaide(4): use via_chip_map() instead of via_sata_chip_map_new() to attach
CX700/VX800 IDE/SATA RAID controllers and set interface flags the same way as
the VT6410_RAID case for native interrupts required by RAID mode.
Device descriptions were moved to pciide_via_products and updated to cascade
VT6410_RAID and CX700_IDE options.
via_sata_chip_map_new previously worked more by "accident," as it did not
return early on failure to map SATA registers and defaulted to the generic
drive probe function. However, it failed to attach PATA drives (endless
timeouts) and incorrectly detected "three" channels as VT6421, despite the
controller having only two.
Fixes PR kern/59010.
Reviewed and approved by jakllsch@.
Update CX700_IDE and CX700M2_IDE descriptions to better reflect their actual
purpose.
These are not separate IDE controllers for CX700 and CX700M2 but rather the
IDE and RAID modes of the same controller in these chipsets (and few more).
viaide(4): check and add ATA RAID capability in via_sata_chip_map_new() used
by VT6241(A) RAID controller.
This is required for ataraid(4) to attach on this controller if RAID was
configured using its firwmare.
The conditions may be redundant for this controller, but it is uncertain what
variations exist in the wild.
viaide(4): add IDE controller identification by the VT8237S ISA bridge.
The controller's PATA interface uses PCI ID 0x0571, which is shared among
many VIA southbridges. The ISA bridge is used to identify capabilities,
including for the VT8237S.
Unknown PATA controllers disable UDMA by default. This change ensures PATA
drives attach at full speed.
viaide(4): Add support for VIA VT8261 IDE/SATA integrated controller.
The VT8261 southbridge, paired with the VN1000 chipset, is obscure and hard to
find. Besides some evaluation boards surfacing after Centaurs demise, at least
one rare production motherboard is known to exist.
Despite its rarity, the VT8261 is very similar to the VT8251. It uses separate
PCI IDs for PATA and SATA (IDE/RAID modes) with 4 SATA ports in total, 2 ports
sharing one channel, and maps registers through BAR5. This similarity made
adding basic support relatively simple (sharing same issues too).
Tested briefly on VIA VT8591B eval board.
viaide(4): Add RAID mode support for VIA VX900/VX11 SATA controllers.
The BIOS option to enable RAID is uncommon on systems using these chipsets;
however, at least two motherboards mention it in their manuals. The RAID
firmware does not provide management features, but it can recognize and boot
from preconfigured VIA RAID arrays.
Tested on ECS VX900-I.
Also add the VX11 chipset to the controller name, as it shares the same PCI ID.
viaide(4): Improve VT8251 integrated SATA controller support in IDE/RAID modes.
Use via_chip_map() to attach this controller in IDE and RAID modes, similarly
to VX800. This allows drives to be identified and attached successfully on all
four ports (two channels with master/slave ports).
Switch channel setup to sata_setup_channel(), replacing via_setup_channel().
This avoids writes to the 0x50 register, which is only relevant for IDE
controllers. Writes to SATA controller registers caused drives on the IDE
controller (0x0571) to fail to attach. Apply this fix also to VX900 and VT8261.
Rename VT8237R_SATA to VT8251_SATA (0x3349 is not used for VT8237R, AFAIK).
This PCI ID is used in RAID mode on newer (CE) chipset revision and in all
modes (IDE/RAID/AHCI) on older revision.
Add the 0x5287 PCI ID, used in IDE mode on newer (CE) chipset revision.
Rename VT8251_SATA to VT8251_AHCI (0x6287 is used only in AHCI mode).
Add VT8251_AHCI to the ahcisata(4) quirk list, same as VT8251_SATA.
For more details, see the tech-kern thread:
https://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-kern/2025/04/13/msg030365.html
Should fix and close PR kern/37517.
Tested on Asus A8V-VM (CD) and MSI MS-7318 (CE) motherboards.
Reviewed by bad.
viaide(4): check if chip enable register returns 0 before emulating enable
bits.
At least some VT6410 controllers have register exposed. In fact, some
motherboards allow to control IDE channels (enable/disable them).
viaide(4): update the list of supported VIA controllers.
viaide(4): remove notes section about VT6421, it is not currently required to
setup RAID/JBOD sets to access drives.
|
| 1.12.2.1 |
| 26-Oct-2025 |
martin | Pull up following revision(s) (requested by andvar in ticket #71):
share/man/man4/viaide.4: revision 1.13
sys/dev/pci/viaide.c: revision 1.105
viaide(4): add UDMA support for VT8233C IDE controller.
The VT8233C is another obscure VIA southbridge and appears to be a
variant of the
VT8233 rather than the VT8233A (which supports ATA133). The C variant
was paired with
a 3Com network controller instead of VIA's own NIC. Detect the ISA-PCI
bridge and
enable UDMA100 capability for improved IDE performance.
Update the viaide(4) man page and refine the list of supported VIA controllers.
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