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Serial ATA (SATA) Controller
Term
Meaning
OOB
Out of band. OOB signaling is used for during device detection and when recovering
from power states.
PORT
Refers to HBA port mainly, within this document. However, the PORT is also be used
to refer to a port of a PORT Multiplier.
PRD
Physical region descriptor. A PRD table is a data structure used by DMA engines that
comply with the ATA/ATAPI Host Adapters standard. The PRD describes memory
regions to be used as the source or destination of data during DMA transfers. A PRD
table is often referred to as a scatter/gather list.
PM
Port Multiplier. A Port Multiplier allows extending an HBA port connection capability to
connect to multiple SATA devices, a maximum of 15 devices. Note that the operating
bandwidth is shared amongst all the Devices when using this type of configuration
SATA controller
Serial ATA controller, also HBA.
System memory The memory that is external from the SATA controller but is a memory that is
accessible by the built in SATA controller DMA or the CPU.
28.1.6 Industry Standard(s) Compliance
This module is compliant with the SATA revision 2.6 Gold standard and the AHCI revision 1.1
specifications.