From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH] ata_piix: implement ignore_PCS driver option Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 14:19:50 -0500 Message-ID: <43EF8A56.3090706@pobox.com> References: <20060212100841.GB20979@htj.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail.dvmed.net ([216.237.124.58]:31194 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750874AbWBLTTz (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Feb 2006 14:19:55 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20060212100841.GB20979@htj.dyndns.org> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Tejun Heo Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, jfs@keytradebank.com, kmannth@gmail.com, 0602@eq.cz Tejun Heo wrote: > On some configurations, ICH5 SATA incorrectly reports 0 for PCS even > when ports are active and operational. This patch adds a driver > parameter which, when set, causes ata_piix ignore PCS value and > proceed with device probing. > > Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo Given my comments in the last email, after reviewing the docs, I think we should fix ata_piix SATA probe behavior before considering this patch. Fixing ata_piix may make this patch unnecessary. Jeff