According to section 10.3.1 of the AHCI spec, PxCMD.ST must not be set unless there's a device attached. Following this saves us a measurable quantity of power and does not impair hotplug support. Based on a patch by Kristen Carlson Accardi. Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen.c.accardi@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/ata/ahci.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/ata/ahci.c b/drivers/ata/ahci.c index 6bd930b..ff08317 100644 --- a/drivers/ata/ahci.c +++ b/drivers/ata/ahci.c @@ -1016,11 +1016,30 @@ static int ahci_scr_write(struct ata_link *link, unsigned int sc_reg, u32 val) return -EINVAL; } +static int ahci_is_device_present(struct ata_port *ap) +{ + void __iomem *port_mmio = ahci_port_base(ap); + u8 status = readl(port_mmio + PORT_TFDATA) & 0xff; + + /* Make sure PxTFD.STS.BSY and PxTFD.STS.DRQ are 0 */ + if (status & (ATA_BUSY | ATA_DRQ)) + return 0; + + /* Make sure PxSSTS.DET is 3h */ + status = readl(port_mmio + PORT_SCR_STAT) & 0xf; + if (status != 3) + return 0; + return 1; +} + static void ahci_start_engine(struct ata_port *ap) { void __iomem *port_mmio = ahci_port_base(ap); u32 tmp; + if (!ahci_is_device_present(ap)) + return; + /* start DMA */ tmp = readl(port_mmio + PORT_CMD); tmp |= PORT_CMD_START; -- 1.6.6.1 -- 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