Hello, Ondrej. On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 11:44:27PM +0200, Ondrej Zary wrote: > 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)) Hmm... I'm unsure what to do with these patches. It's a mostly dead driver, so I don't wanna mess with it too much unless it's an obvious fix. What hardware are you playing with? Thanks. -- tejun -- 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