
SATA AHCI Disk Controller "OS/2 Community" Driver for OS/2 & eCS V0.1.4
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Overview
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 This is a current build of the latest snapshot of the os2ahci driver source
 which is currently at V0.1.4+ level. The driver will only work with SATA
 controller set to AHCI mode, additional filter drivers are not required and
 not supported. The danis506 driver is still required for SATA Controller set to
 compatible or enhanced mode. For more details check the orginal readme file.

 This driver supports the following list of SATA controller: 

  þ AMD FCH A45/A50M/A55/A60M/A70M/A75 family
  þ ATI SB600/700/800 family
  þ Intel ICH6/7/8/9/10 family, ESB2, PCH5 family
  þ Marvell 6121, 6145
  þ Nvidia MCP 65/67/73/77/79/89 family
  þ Promise PDC42819
  þ SIS 966, 968
  þ ULI M5288
  þ VIA VT8251

  o Unknown but compatible SATA AHCI controller can be added easily via driver 
    parameter
   

Requirements
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  - modern hardware with bug free BIOS
  - OS/2 Warp 4, MCP, ACP or eCS 1.x, 2.x


Install
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 Unpack the files from the archive in a temporary location, then copy it 
 to the systems /BOOT directory. Add the appropriate config.sys statement 
 in case not already present. Check the orginal readme file for the 
 full paramter set.


Special Thanks
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 The urgent need for a working SATA controller driver that supports the
 the SATA AHCI mode was adressed by Mensys together with thi.guten Software
 Development in 2011 for the eCS 2.1 release. The well known danis506 driver
 was not extended for full AHCI support, the easy path was chosen to port
 the driver present in other operating systems. The os2ahci driver lacks some 
 of the common features and behavior of the danis506 driver it will be added 
 over the time in case not present in the next releases.


Known Issues
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 unknown, check the active ticket list


Report Errors
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 You may report failures connected with the driver to the ahci trac ticket 
 system. Please check first if the same bug was already reported or already 
 fixed. URL: http://svn.ecomstation.nl/ahci


Urls
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 eComStation 
	http://www.ecomstation.com

 AHCI Trac active tickets list 
	http://svn.ecomstation.nl/ahci/report/1


License
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 Please check the included LICENSE file in this package for more details.
