Peer Chen wrote:
> According to the description of section 5.2.2.1 and 10.1.2 of AHCI specification rev1_1/rev1_2, GHC.HR shall only be set to ¡®1¡¯
> by software when GHC.AE is set to ¡®1¡¯.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peer Chen <peerchen@gmail.com>
> ---
> --- linux-2.6.23-rc7/drivers/ata/ahci.c.orig	2007-09-20 11:01:55.000000000 -0400
> +++ linux-2.6.23-rc7/drivers/ata/ahci.c	2007-09-20 11:07:31.000000000 -0400
> @@ -834,6 +834,10 @@ static int ahci_reset_controller(struct 
>  	void __iomem *mmio = host->iomap[AHCI_PCI_BAR];
>  	u32 tmp;
>  
> +        /* turn on AHCI mode before controller reset*/
> +        writel(HOST_AHCI_EN, mmio + HOST_CTL);
> +        (void) readl(mmio + HOST_CTL);  /* flush */

applied the attached patch, inspired by yours.