On Monday 31 October 2016, Finn Thain wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Oct 2016, Ondrej Zary wrote:
> > Read back MODE_REG after writing it in NCR5380_init() to check if the
> > chip is really there.
> >
> > This prevents hang when incorrect I/O address was specified by user.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ondrej Zary <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/scsi/NCR5380.c | 5 +++++
> > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/scsi/NCR5380.c b/drivers/scsi/NCR5380.c
> > index 01c0027..ce3156d 100644
> > --- a/drivers/scsi/NCR5380.c
> > +++ b/drivers/scsi/NCR5380.c
> > @@ -495,6 +495,11 @@ static int NCR5380_init(struct Scsi_Host *instance,
> > int flags)
> >
> > NCR5380_write(INITIATOR_COMMAND_REG, ICR_BASE);
> > NCR5380_write(MODE_REG, MR_BASE);
> > + /* check if the chip is really there */
> > + if (NCR5380_read(MODE_REG) != MR_BASE) {
> > + NCR5380_exit(instance);
> > + return -ENODEV;
> > + }
>
> This doesn't belong in the core driver. Only the 5380 ISA drivers have
> configurable base addresses.
>
> Also, MR_BASE == 0, so that test is likely to be ineffectual anyway. This
> patch doesn't really add any value AFAICT.
This fixes the most common problem: no device present at the specified I/O
address, all reads result in 0xff.
--
Ondrej Zary
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