sata_mv does not yet fully support hotplug (coming soon, though). This means that the driver may not find a Silicon Image port-multiplier when first loaded, because those devices take in exceess of 3 seconds to sync up the SATA PHY (most devices do this in mere microseconds). So, as a short-term interim measure, here we insert a 3-second pause on initial driver load, once per controller board (not once per port!), to allow the Silicon Image port-multipliers to be detected later. This will be removed again (soon!) once hotplug is fully implemented/working. Signed-off-by: Mark Lord <mlord@xxxxxxxxx> --- old/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c 2008-04-16 11:53:35.000000000 -0400 +++ linux/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c 2008-04-16 11:51:47.000000000 -0400 @@ -2105,6 +2105,13 @@ printk(KERN_ERR DRV_NAME ": can't clear global reset\n"); rc = 1; } + /* + * Temporary: wait 3 seconds before port-probing can happen, + * so that we don't miss finding sleepy SilXXXX port-multipliers. + * This can go away once hotplug is fully/correctly implemented. + */ + if (rc == 0) + msleep(3000); done: return rc; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
