Generic Capability for SATA Host Bus Adapters

Generic Capability for SATA Host BusAdaptersNoticeNoticeNoticeNoticeNoticeNoticeNoticeNotice PCI-SIG ENGINEERING CHANGE NOTICE TITLE:Generic Capability Structure for SATA Host BusAdaptersDATE:October17,2004AFFECTED DOCUMENT:PCI3.0SPONSOR:Robert Strong,IntelPart I1.Summary of the Functional ChangesThe functional changesproposed involve the definition of a new CapabilitiesList ID(andassociated Capability register set).Thisnew CapabilitiesID will identify to system firmware(BIOS/OROM),a Serial ATA(SATA)host busadapter’s(HBA)support of optional featuresthatmay be defined in the particular SATA HBA specification(i.e.Advanced Host Controller Interface-AHCI).It isimportant to note tha