(restoring lkml and linux-ide. please don't drop cc list) Tejun Heo wrote: > Hello, > > gettinther wrote: >> 00:05.2 IDE interface: GeForce 8800 GT 512 MCP55 SATA Controller (rev >> a2) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO]) > > Ah.. okay. MCP55. I've missed that part in the first message. > sata_nv is a bit messed up for 2.6.26. What happened was... > > * During 2.6.26-rc, libata switched to prefer hardreset over softreset > for various reasons. > > * After 2.6.26 release, sata_nv generic flavors (MCP55/66) were > reported to have problems probing devices with hardreset. Hardreset > simply doesn't work. > > * Patch posted to disable hardreset for generic but it accidentally > disabled hardreset for all flavors (generic/nf2/3/ck804). > > * Which broke ck804. > > * Another patch posted to reinstate hardreset for nf2/3 and ck804. > > * It somehow mysteriously broke nf2/3. This is still being > investigated. > > Sorry about the mess but I am puzzled too. I'll report back when I > know more. > > Thanks. > -- tejun -- 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
