SATALINK(4)

SATALINK(4) — Silicon Image SATALink disk controller driver 🎀

okay so this is the SATALINK(4) page from the Kernel Interfaces Manual, and it’s here to spill all the tea about the Silicon Image SATALink disk controller driver. bestie, it’s giving niche hardware knowledge and honestly? iconic. 💅

💖 NAME 💖

satalink — Silicon Image SATALink disk controller driver

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

The satalink driver supports the Silicon Image SATALink 3112 2-port and 3114 4-port Serial ATA controllers, and provides the interface with the hardware for the ata(4) driver. no cap. 💫

The 0x0002 flag forces the satalink 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 SATA controller is wired up to the system incorrectly. literally a “something is cursed, let’s poke it” situation, but make it Unix. 😭

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

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

that’s the page, bestie. source/version check: Debian, dated December 19, 2003. byeee 🫶