x86: SATA AHCI HBA Driver

This system administration enhancement is new in the Developer 5/07 release.

The AHCI driver is a SATA framework-compliant HBA driver that supports various SATA HBA controllers that are compatible with the AHCI specification defined by Intel. Currently, the AHCI driver supports INTEL ICH6 and VIA vt8251 controllers, and hot-plugging functions.

For more information, see the ahci(7D) man page.