On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 5:22 AM, Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > On 06/07/2010 06:34 AM, Robert Hancock wrote: >> I'm thinking that the hardreset and device classification makes more >> sense as a place to do this anyways, since that's the point where we >> really know if there's a device connected or not.. Tejun, any >> thoughts? > > Heh, of course it doesn't work. Device presence can't be reliably > determined by sampling status once like that. We don't have all the > crap in libata-eh for nothing. :-) > > Marc, can you please try the following patch? > > Thanks. > > diff --git a/drivers/ata/libahci.c b/drivers/ata/libahci.c > index 1984a6e..261f86d 100644 > --- a/drivers/ata/libahci.c > +++ b/drivers/ata/libahci.c > @@ -541,29 +541,11 @@ static int ahci_scr_write(struct ata_link *link, unsigned int sc_reg, u32 val) > return -EINVAL; > } > > -static int ahci_is_device_present(void __iomem *port_mmio) > -{ > - 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; > -} > - > void ahci_start_engine(struct ata_port *ap) > { > void __iomem *port_mmio = ahci_port_base(ap); > u32 tmp; > > - if (!ahci_is_device_present(port_mmio)) > - return; > - > /* start DMA */ > tmp = readl(port_mmio + PORT_CMD); > tmp |= PORT_CMD_START; > @@ -1892,6 +1874,9 @@ static void ahci_error_handler(struct ata_port *ap) > } > > sata_pmp_error_handler(ap); > + > + if (!ata_dev_enabled(ap->link.device)) > + ahci_stop_engine(ap); > } > > static void ahci_post_internal_cmd(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc) > > -- > tejun Hi Tejun, With that patch the system boots normally. Out of curiosity I also instrumented ahci_error_handler a bit, and the stop_engine case triggers once for the 6 unused ports, but doesn't trigger for the 2 ports with devices (SSD and DVD), as expected. Feel free to add a Tested-by if you submit it. Thanks, Marc -- 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