On 3/22/24 08:23, Conrad Kostecki wrote: > Hi Niklas, > > Am 19.03.2024 11:22:26, "Niklas Cassel" <cassel@xxxxxxxxxx> schrieb: > >> However, from what I've understood from how you have decided to implement >> PMP support on your HBAs, I assume that setting the PI register to 0xf >> would also stop Delock 90073 from working with an externally connected >> port multiplier, so that it probably not a good approach after all. > > I can see, that you have now reverted the changes / merged my patch with > additional description. > Do you see any possibility for overriding saved_port_map as kernel > parameter would be possibile for asm devices somehow? > Of course only as opt-in. Yes. I will add a libata.force parameter to do that so that setups that do not use PMPs can avoid long boot times due to probing the broken "virtual ports". Will post a patch next week for that. -- Damien Le Moal Western Digital Research
