Re: [PATCH #upstream-fixes] sata_nv: disable hardreset for generic

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Tejun Heo wrote:
> From 2.6.26, libata is defaulting to hardreset for various reasons one
> of them being unifying probing, hotplug and EH reset paths uniform.
> Previously, broken hardreset could go unnoticed as it wasn't used
> during probing but when something goes wrong or after hotplug the
> problem will surface and bite hard.
> 
> OSDL bug 11195 reports that sata_nv generic flavor falls into this
> category.  Hardreset itself succeeds but PHY stays offline after
> hardreset.  I tried longer debounce timing but the result was the
> same.
> 
>   http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11195
> 
> So, it seems we'll have to drop hardreset from the generic flavor.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Peer Chen <pchen@xxxxxxxxxx>

This one definitely should go into -stable too.  The original patch is...

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ide/34077/raw

Thanks.

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tejun
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