From: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
To: Jeff Garzik l <jeff@garzik.org>,
IDE/ATA development list <linux-ide@vger.kernel.org>,
Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: [PATCH #upstream-fixes] pata_ali: disable ATAPI DMA
Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:40:55 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <47F46DE7.6090809@gmail.com> (raw)
ATAPI DMA just doesn't work reliably on pata_ali. The IDE driver can
do it but for some mysterious reason, pata_ali can't. This patch
disables it by default and makes the driver whine during
initialization. "pata_ali.atapi_dma" parameter is added so that user
can bypass the workaround.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
---
I just had another run with pata_ali. I tried various things w/o any
success. I just can't see what's the difference between alim15x3 and
pata_ali. I again tried to make the command issue path of pata_ali +
libata behave virtually identical to alim15x3 but it just didn't work.
:-( :-( :-(
drivers/ata/pata_ali.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 40 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_ali.c b/drivers/ata/pata_ali.c
index 8786455..ce830fe 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_ali.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_ali.c
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@
#define DRV_NAME "pata_ali"
#define DRV_VERSION "0.7.5"
+int ali_atapi_dma = 0;
+module_param_named(atapi_dma, ali_atapi_dma, int, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(atapi_dma, "Enable ATAPI DMA (0=disable, 1=enable)");
+
/*
* Cable special cases
*/
@@ -270,6 +274,27 @@ static void ali_set_dmamode(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_device *adev)
}
/**
+ * ali_warn_atapi_dma - Warn about ATAPI DMA disablement
+ * @adev: Device
+ *
+ * Whine about ATAPI DMA disablement if @adev is an ATAPI device.
+ * Can be used as ->dev_config.
+ */
+
+static void ali_warn_atapi_dma(struct ata_device *adev)
+{
+ struct ata_eh_context *ehc = &adev->link->eh_context;
+ int print_info = ehc->i.flags & ATA_EHI_PRINTINFO;
+
+ if (print_info && adev->class == ATA_DEV_ATAPI && !ali_atapi_dma) {
+ ata_dev_printk(adev, KERN_WARNING,
+ "WARNING: ATAPI DMA disabled for reliablity issues. It can be enabled\n");
+ ata_dev_printk(adev, KERN_WARNING,
+ "WARNING: via pata_ali.atapi_dma modparam or corresponding sysfs node.\n");
+ }
+}
+
+/**
* ali_lock_sectors - Keep older devices to 255 sector mode
* @adev: Device
*
@@ -283,6 +308,7 @@ static void ali_set_dmamode(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_device *adev)
static void ali_lock_sectors(struct ata_device *adev)
{
adev->max_sectors = 255;
+ ali_warn_atapi_dma(adev);
}
/**
@@ -294,6 +320,18 @@ static void ali_lock_sectors(struct ata_device *adev)
static int ali_check_atapi_dma(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
{
+ if (!ali_atapi_dma) {
+ /* FIXME: pata_ali can't do ATAPI DMA reliably but the
+ * IDE alim15x3 driver can. I tried lots of things
+ * but couldn't find what the actual difference was.
+ * If you got an idea, please write it to
+ * linux-ide@vger.kernel.org and cc htejun@gmail.com.
+ *
+ * Disable ATAPI DMA for now.
+ */
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ }
+
/* If its not a media command, its not worth it */
if (atapi_cmd_type(qc->cdb[0]) == ATAPI_MISC)
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
@@ -359,6 +397,7 @@ static struct ata_port_operations ali_20_port_ops = {
.tf_load = ata_tf_load,
.tf_read = ata_tf_read,
+ .check_atapi_dma = ali_check_atapi_dma,
.check_status = ata_check_status,
.exec_command = ata_exec_command,
.dev_select = ata_std_dev_select,
@@ -438,6 +477,7 @@ static struct ata_port_operations ali_c5_port_ops = {
.check_status = ata_check_status,
.exec_command = ata_exec_command,
.dev_select = ata_std_dev_select,
+ .dev_config = ali_warn_atapi_dma,
.freeze = ata_bmdma_freeze,
.thaw = ata_bmdma_thaw,
next reply other threads:[~2008-04-03 5:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-04-03 5:40 Tejun Heo [this message]
2008-04-04 6:47 ` [PATCH #upstream-fixes] pata_ali: disable ATAPI DMA Jeff Garzik
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