From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
To: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com>
Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
jgarzik@redhat.com, sean.hefty@intel.com,
Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>,
Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH]AHCI: disable sntf cap for ich8
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:19:34 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B021646.5040102@garzik.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20091116015605.GA21717@sli10-desk.sh.intel.com>
On 11/15/2009 08:56 PM, Shaohua Li wrote:
> I obseved there is a sata_async_notification() for every ahci interrupt. But the
> async notification does nothing (this is hard disk drive and no pmp). This cause
> cpu wastes some time on sntf register access.
>
> It appears ICH AHCI doesn't support SNotification register, but the controller
> reports it does. After quirking it, the async notification disappears.
Patch applied.
> PS. it appears all ICH don't support SNotification register from ICH manual, don't
> know if we need quirk all ICH. I don't have machines with all kinds of ICH.
You work for Intel -- you or somebody needs to research and figure this
out... This is an Intel vendor issue that only Intel can definitively
resolve.
Jeff
prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-11-17 3:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-11-16 1:56 [PATCH]AHCI: disable sntf cap for ich8 Shaohua Li
2009-11-17 3:19 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
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