Commit 978c0666 (libata: Remove excess delay in the tf_load path) removed ata_wait_idle() from ata_sff_tf_load() and via_tf_load(). This caused obscure detection problems in sata_sil. https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16606 The commit was pure performance optimization. Revert it for now. Reported-by: Dieter Plaetinck <dieter@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx> Bisected-by: gianluca <gianluca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx --- Let's revert it until better solution is found. Thanks. drivers/ata/libata-sff.c | 3 +++ drivers/ata/pata_via.c | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c index 030b1c4..f0531b0 100644 --- a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c +++ b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c @@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ void ata_sff_tf_load(struct ata_port *ap, const struct ata_taskfile *tf) if (ioaddr->ctl_addr) iowrite8(tf->ctl, ioaddr->ctl_addr); ap->last_ctl = tf->ctl; + ata_wait_idle(ap); } if (is_addr && (tf->flags & ATA_TFLAG_LBA48)) { @@ -453,6 +454,8 @@ void ata_sff_tf_load(struct ata_port *ap, const struct ata_taskfile *tf) iowrite8(tf->device, ioaddr->device_addr); VPRINTK("device 0x%X\n", tf->device); } + + ata_wait_idle(ap); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ata_sff_tf_load); diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_via.c b/drivers/ata/pata_via.c index 5e65988..ac8d7d9 100644 --- a/drivers/ata/pata_via.c +++ b/drivers/ata/pata_via.c @@ -417,6 +417,8 @@ static void via_tf_load(struct ata_port *ap, const struct ata_taskfile *tf) tf->lbam, tf->lbah); } + + ata_wait_idle(ap); } static int via_port_start(struct ata_port *ap) -- 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
