On Friday 13 September 2013 20:54:37 Ondrej Zary wrote: > On Thursday 12 September 2013 23:01:29 Ondrej Zary wrote: > > The test for 2nd I/O port validity is broken (reversed): > > On devices with no control port, the driver attempts to use invalid port > > 0, resulting in logs full of bad_io_access errors. > > On devices with control port, the driver does not use it. > > > > Signed-off-by: Ondrej Zary <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > drivers/ata/pata_isapnp.c | 2 +- > > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_isapnp.c b/drivers/ata/pata_isapnp.c > > index 4bceb88..b33d1f9 100644 > > --- a/drivers/ata/pata_isapnp.c > > +++ b/drivers/ata/pata_isapnp.c > > @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static int isapnp_init_one(struct pnp_dev *idev, const > > struct pnp_device_id *dev > > > > ap->ioaddr.cmd_addr = cmd_addr; > > > > - if (pnp_port_valid(idev, 1) == 0) { > > + if (pnp_port_valid(idev, 1)) { > > ctl_addr = devm_ioport_map(&idev->dev, > > pnp_port_start(idev, 1), 1); > > ap->ioaddr.altstatus_addr = ctl_addr; > > With this patch, the ATA port works fine if there is a device connected to > it. However, it takes ages to boot if there are no devices connected. Looks > like the driver retries IDENTIFY command for both slave and master drives > in a hope that the devices are there. > > log: > > [ 7.692344] pata_isapnp 01:01.02: [io 0x01e8-0x01ef] > [ 7.692474] pata_isapnp 01:01.02: [io 0x0168-0x016f] > [ 7.692644] pata_isapnp 01:01.02: [irq 10] > [ 7.695012] pata_isapnp 01:01.02: activated > [ 7.751153] scsi2 : pata_isapnp > [ 7.751781] ata3: PATA max PIO0 cmd 0x168 ctl 0x0 irq 10 > [ 12.751446] ata3.01: qc timeout (cmd 0xec) > [ 12.751571] ata3.01: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x5) > [ 22.752270] ata3.01: qc timeout (cmd 0xec) > [ 22.752396] ata3.01: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x5) > [ 52.754737] ata3.01: qc timeout (cmd 0xec) > [ 52.754861] ata3.01: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x5) > [ 57.755149] ata3.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec) > [ 57.755275] ata3.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x5) > [ 67.755974] ata3.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec) > [ 67.756099] ata3.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x5) This is caused by skipping ata_sff_softreset() when ap->ioaddr.ctl_addr is unset so ata_devchk() is never called. This patch seems to fix the problem. Is it OK or can it cause more problems? --- a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c +++ b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c @@ -2008,13 +2008,15 @@ static int ata_bus_softreset(struct ata_port *ap, unsigned int devmask, DPRINTK("ata%u: bus reset via SRST\n", ap->print_id); - /* software reset. causes dev0 to be selected */ - iowrite8(ap->ctl, ioaddr->ctl_addr); - udelay(20); /* FIXME: flush */ - iowrite8(ap->ctl | ATA_SRST, ioaddr->ctl_addr); - udelay(20); /* FIXME: flush */ - iowrite8(ap->ctl, ioaddr->ctl_addr); - ap->last_ctl = ap->ctl; + if (ap->ioaddr.ctl_addr) { + /* software reset. causes dev0 to be selected */ + iowrite8(ap->ctl, ioaddr->ctl_addr); + udelay(20); /* FIXME: flush */ + iowrite8(ap->ctl | ATA_SRST, ioaddr->ctl_addr); + udelay(20); /* FIXME: flush */ + iowrite8(ap->ctl, ioaddr->ctl_addr); + ap->last_ctl = ap->ctl; + } /* wait the port to become ready */ return ata_sff_wait_after_reset(&ap->link, devmask, deadline); @@ -2215,10 +2217,6 @@ void ata_sff_error_handler(struct ata_port *ap) spin_unlock_irqrestore(ap->lock, flags); - /* ignore ata_sff_softreset if ctl isn't accessible */ - if (softreset == ata_sff_softreset && !ap->ioaddr.ctl_addr) - softreset = NULL; - /* ignore built-in hardresets if SCR access is not available */ if ((hardreset == sata_std_hardreset || hardreset == sata_sff_hardreset) && !sata_scr_valid(&ap->link)) -- Ondrej Zary -- 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