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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
| commit | 253e67c8b3a72b3a4757fdbc5845297628db0a4a (patch) | |
| tree | adf53b66087aa30dfbf8bf391a1dadb044c3bf4d /static/netbsd/man4/efa.4 | |
| parent | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (diff) | |
docs: Added All NetBSD Manuals
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man4/efa.4 b/static/netbsd/man4/efa.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..bdc621a4 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man4/efa.4 @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: efa.4,v 1.8 2014/03/18 18:20:39 riastradh Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2011 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation +.\" by Radoslaw Kujawa. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS +.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED +.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR +.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS +.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR +.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF +.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS +.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN +.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) +.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE +.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd April 13, 2012 +.Dt EFA 4 amiga +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm efa +.Nd ELBOX FastATA 1200 IDE disk controller driver +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "efa0 at mainbus0" +.\".Cd "options EFA_32BIT_IO" +.\".Cd "options EFA_NO_INTR" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for the FastATA 1200 family of IDE controllers and +provides the interface with the hardware for the +.Xr ata 4 +driver. +PIO modes 0, 3, 4 and 5 are supported. +.\".Pp +.\"The following kernel configuration options are available: +.\".Bl -ohang +.\".It Cd options EFA_32BIT_IO +.\"Use 32-bit data port. +.\".It Cd options EFA_NO_INTR +.\"Disable hardware interrupt support. +.\".El +.Sh HARDWARE +The +.Nm +driver supports the following hardware: +.Bl -tag -width "ELBOX FastATA 1200 Mk-IV" -offset indent +.It Em ELBOX FastATA 1200 Mk-III +.It Em ELBOX FastATA 1200 Mk-IV +.It Em ELBOX FastATA 1200 Mk-IV CF/SATA +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr ata 4 , +.Xr wdc 4 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +device first appeared in +.Nx 6.0 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Radoslaw Kujawa Aq Mt radoslaw.kujawa@gmail.com . +.Sh CAVEATS +Older versions of FastATA 1200 are NOT supported: +.Bl -tag -width "ELBOX FastATA 1200 Mk-II" -offset indent +.It Em ELBOX FastATA 1200 Mk-I +.It Em ELBOX FastATA 1200 Lite +.It Em ELBOX FastATA 1200 GOLD +.It Em ELBOX FastATA 1200 Mk-II +.El +.Pp +These devices do not generate hardware interrupts and need to be driven in +non-standard polling mode. +Code needed to support it is present in driver but does not work correctly. +.Pp +Some of the above devices were also marketed under PowerFlyer and Winner brands. +.Pp +The onboard Gayle IDE controller can not be used when FastATA is installed and +therefore, the +.Nm +driver will not coexist with +.Xr wdc 4 +driver attached to +.Xr mainbus 4 . +Both +.Nm +and +.Xr wdc 4 +can be enabled in the same kernel, but only one will attach (depending on the +return value of probe function in the +.Nm +driver). +.Pp +DMA modes are not supported, this is a hardware limitation. +.Sh BUGS +Performance is worse than with official AmigaOS driver from ELBOX. +.Pp +Disks partitioned in split mode, which is specific to official AmigaOS FastATA +driver, are not recognized in +.Nx . |
