Re: [PATCH 0/2] fix libata-sff and pata_cmd64x to not crash on boot on parisc

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On Sun, 2011-04-24 at 14:28 -0500, James Bottomley wrote:
> currently libata-sff is completely ignoring the enabled/disabled status
> of the interfaces.  This is a real problem on parisc because if you
> touch a non responding memory area (i.e. a disabled interface) you crash
> the box.
> 
> Fix by checking the CNTRL bits to see if the port is enabled before
> trying to poke it.

Ping on this.

Since 1/2 is an essential fix to prevent a boot panic on parisc, I can
just take them through the parisc tree.

James


> James
> 
> ---
> 
> James Bottomley (2):
>   pata_cm64x: fix boot crash on parisc
>   libata-sff: prevent irq descriptions for dummy ports
> 
>  drivers/ata/libata-sff.c  |    9 +++++++--
>  drivers/ata/pata_cmd64x.c |   42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>  include/linux/pci_ids.h   |    2 ++
>  3 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 


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