On 10/5/23 10:24 PM, Ondrej Zary wrote:
> fit3 protocol driver does not support accessing IDE control registers
> (device control/altstatus). The DOS driver does not use these registers
> either (as observed from DOSEMU trace). But the HW seems to be capable
> of accessing these registers - I simply tried bit 3 and it works!
>
> The control register is required to properly reset ATAPI devices or
> they will be detected only once (after a power cycle).
>
> Tested with EXP Computer CD-865 with MC-1285B EPP cable and
> TransDisk 3000.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ondrej Zary <linux@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@xxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/ata/pata_parport/fit3.c | 14 ++------------
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_parport/fit3.c b/drivers/ata/pata_parport/fit3.c
> index bad7aa920cdc..d2b81cf2e16d 100644
> --- a/drivers/ata/pata_parport/fit3.c
> +++ b/drivers/ata/pata_parport/fit3.c
[...]
> @@ -59,11 +53,7 @@ static int fit3_read_regr(struct pi_adapter *pi, int cont, int regr)
> {
> int a, b;
>
> - if (cont) {
> - if (regr != 6)
> - return 0xff;
> - regr = 7;
> - }
> + regr += cont << 3;
So, is regr == 7 instead of 8 intentional?
[...]
MBR, Sergey
