Devices pcata(7D)
NAME
pcata - PCMCIA ATA card device driver
SYNOPSIS
pcata@socket#:a -u
pcata@socket#:a -u,raw
DESCRIPTION
The PCMCIA ATA card device driver supports PCMCIA ATA disk
and flash cards that follow the following standards:
o PC card 2.01 compliance (MBR]fdisk table required
for all platforms).
o PC card ATA 2.01 compliance.
o PC card services 2.1 compliance.
The driver supports standard PCMCIA ATA cards that contain a
Card Information Structure (CIS). For PCMCIA, nodes are
created in /devices that include the socket number as one
component of the device name referred to by the node. How-
ever, the names in /dev, /dev/dsk, and /dev/rdsk follow the
current conventions for ATA devices, which do not encode the
socket number in any part of the name. For example, you may
have the following:
Platform /devices name /dev/dsk name
x86 /devices/isa/pcic@1,3e0 /disk@0:a /dev/dsk/c1d0s0
SPARC /devices/iommu@f,e0000000 /dev/dsk/c1d0s0
/sbus@f,e0001000 /SUNW,
pcmcia@3,0 /disk@0:a
PRECONFIGURATION
If a PC Card ATA device is recognized, the pcata driver is
automatically loaded, IRQs allocated, devices nodes created,
and special files created (if they do not already exist).
Known Problems and Limitations
o You need to umount the file system before removing
the disk.
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o The ufs file systems on removable media (PC Card
ATA) should have one of the onerror={panic, lock,
umount} mount options set.
CONFIGURATION
Configuration topics include initial installation and confi-
guration, identifying an unrecognized device, special files
and hot-plugging.
Initial Installation and Configuration
1. Install the Solaris software.
2. Boot the system.
3. Insert the PC card ATA device.
Identifying an Unrecognized Device
If you insert a PC card ATA device and it is not recognized
(no special files created), use the prtconf command to iden-
tify the problem.
1. Run the prtconf -D command to see if your pcata
card is recognized. (A recognized device will
appear at the end of the prtconf output. For exam-
ple:
# prtconf -D
. . .
pcic, instance #0 (driver name: pcic)
. . .
disk, instance #0
2. If pcata does not appear in the prtconf output,
there is a problem with the PC card adapter confi-
guration or with the hardware. Check to see whether
the problem is with the card or the adapter by try-
ing to use the card on another machine and by see-
ing if it works on the same machine using DOS.
Special Files
For PC card devices, nodes are created in /devices that
include the socket number as one component of a device name
that the node refers to. However, the /prtc/dev names and
the names in /dev/dsk and /dev/rdsk do follow the current
convention for ATA devices, which do not encode the socket
number in any part of the name.
Hot-Plugging
o If you want to remove the disk, you must unmount
the file system.
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o Use the mkfspcfs(1M) command to create a pcfs file
system:
# mkfs -F pcfs /dev/rdsk/c#d#p0:d
o To mount a pcfs file system, type:
# mount -F pcfs /dev/dsk/c#d#p0:c /mnt
o If you want to create a ufs file system, use the
newfs command and type:
# newfs /dev/rdsk/c#d#s#
o To mount a ufs file system, type:
# mount -F ufs /dev/dsk/c#d#s# /mnt
o To create a Solaris partition, run the format com-
mand and go to the Partition menu. For more infor-
mation, see the format(1M) man page.
FILES
/kernel/drv/pcata pcata driver
ATRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri-
butes:
ATRIBUTE TYPE ATRIBUTE VALUE
Availability SUNWpsdpr
SEE ALSO
format(1M), mount(1M), newfs(1M), pcmcia(7D), attributes(5),
pcfs(7FS)
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