On Monday 14 December 2009 11:06:34 pm Jeff Garzik wrote: > On 12/14/2009 04:40 PM, Ryan Mallon wrote: > > I have added some of my own debugging. The problem appears to be that > > __pata_ep93xx_write gets called from probe (via ata_host_activate), but > > ap->private_data (ata_timing) is still null. The timing private_data is > > set by pata_ep93xx_set_piomode, but that needs adev->pio_mode set, but I > > don't know where this happens. I assume the ATA core handles this. Do I > > need to call pata_ep93xx_set_piomode from pata_ep93xx_probe before > > ata_host_activate, or should the private_data timing be set to some > > default in the probe? > > > ap->private_data is traditionally initialized in the ->port_start() hook. Ryan, this incremental patch should fix the OOPS (it adds ->port_start implementation which sets the default 'port PIO mode' to PIO0 so we have sane default setting before device probing takes place and ->set_piomode takes over), please retest the driver once you have a minute.. [ Thanks for debugging the problem and sorry for the delay.. ] --- drivers/ata/pata_ep93xx.c | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) Index: b/drivers/ata/pata_ep93xx.c =================================================================== --- a/drivers/ata/pata_ep93xx.c +++ b/drivers/ata/pata_ep93xx.c @@ -613,6 +613,15 @@ static void pata_ep93xx_postreset(struct } } +static int pata_ep93xx_port_start(struct ata_port *ap) +{ + const struct ata_timing *cmd_t = ata_timing_find_mode(XFER_PIO_0); + + ap->private_data = (void *)cmd_t; + + return ata_sff_port_start(ap); +} + static struct ata_port_operations pata_ep93xx_port_ops = { .inherits = &ata_sff_port_ops, @@ -631,6 +640,8 @@ static struct ata_port_operations pata_e .freeze = pata_ep93xx_freeze, .softreset = pata_ep93xx_softreset, .postreset = pata_ep93xx_postreset, + + .port_start = pata_ep93xx_port_start, }; static int __init pata_ep93xx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) -- 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