Re: [PATCH #upstream-fixes] sata_nv: make sure link is brough up online when skipping hardreset

[Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>]

On 10/13/2009 10:18 PM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> prereset doesn't bring link online if hardreset is about to happen and
> nv_hardreset() may skip if conditions are not right so softreset may
> be entered with non-working link status if the system firmware didn't
> bring it up before entering OS code which can happen during resume.
> This patch makes nv_hardreset() to bring up the link if it's skipping
> reset.
>
> This bug was reported by frodone@gmail.com in the following bug entry.
>
>    http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14329
>
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo<tj@kernel.org>
> Reported-by: frodone@gmail.com
> Cc: stable@kernel.org
> ---
>   drivers/ata/sata_nv.c |   18 +++++++++++++++---
>   1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

applied -- man, what a pain this chip is