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From: Jeremy Higdon <jeremy@sgi.com>
To: "Dailey, Nate" <Nate.Dailey@stratus.com>
Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.20] sata_vsc: use default cache line size if non-zero
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 00:59:38 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070208085938.GA142057@sgi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <92952AEF1F064042B6EF2522E0EEF43703EE31CC@EXNA.corp.stratus.com>

On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 09:29:28AM -0500, Dailey, Nate wrote:
> The attached patch modifies drivers/ata/sata_vsc.c to only set the cache
> line size to 0x80 if the default value is zero. Apparently zero isn't
> allowed due to a bug in the chip, but I've found performance is much
> better with the (non-zero) default instead of 0x80.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nate Dailey <nate.dailey@stratus.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Higdon <jeremy@sgi.com>

Here is the attachment from Nate, inline.

Content-Description: sata_vsc_CLS.patch
--- old/drivers/ata/sata_vsc.c	2007-02-04 13:44:54.000000000 -0500
+++ new/drivers/ata/sata_vsc.c	2007-02-07 09:13:17.000000000 -0500
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ static int __devinit vsc_sata_init_one (
 	int pci_dev_busy = 0;
 	void __iomem *mmio_base;
 	int rc;
+	u8 cls;
 
 	if (!printed_version++)
 		dev_printk(KERN_DEBUG, &pdev->dev, "version " DRV_VERSION "\n");
@@ -394,9 +395,13 @@ static int __devinit vsc_sata_init_one (
 	base = (unsigned long) mmio_base;
 
 	/*
-	 * Due to a bug in the chip, the default cache line size can't be used
+	 * Due to a bug in the chip, the default cache line size can't be
+	 * used (unless the default is non-zero).
 	 */
-	pci_write_config_byte(pdev, PCI_CACHE_LINE_SIZE, 0x80);
+	pci_read_config_byte(pdev, PCI_CACHE_LINE_SIZE, &cls);
+	if (cls == 0x00) {
+		pci_write_config_byte(pdev, PCI_CACHE_LINE_SIZE, 0x80);
+	}
 
 	probe_ent->sht = &vsc_sata_sht;
 	probe_ent->port_flags = ATA_FLAG_SATA | ATA_FLAG_NO_LEGACY |


  reply	other threads:[~2007-02-08  8:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-02-07 14:29 [PATCH 2.6.20] sata_vsc: use default cache line size if non-zero Dailey, Nate
2007-02-08  8:59 ` Jeremy Higdon [this message]
2007-02-15 23:14   ` Jeff Garzik

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