Re: ata_piix: port disabled. ignoring.

[Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>]

Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> If I try to work around the problem by applying this patch:
> 
> --- linux-2.6.6-bk4/drivers/scsi/ata_piix.c.orig	2004-05-17 20:02:25.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6.6-bk4/drivers/scsi/ata_piix.c	2004-05-17 20:59:15.000000000 +0200
> @@ -330,8 +330,8 @@
>  	if (!pci_test_config_bits(ap->host_set->pdev,
>  				  &piix_enable_bits[ap->port_no])) {
>  		ata_port_disable(ap);
> -		printk(KERN_INFO "ata%u: port disabled. ignoring.\n", ap->id);
> -		return;
> +		//printk(KERN_INFO "ata%u: port disabled. ignoring.\n", ap->id);
> +		printk(KERN_INFO "ata%u: port disabled. NOT IGNORING!\n", ap->id);
>  	}
> 
>  	if (!piix_sata_probe(ap)) {
> 
> everything works fine, even if I disable the second SATA port in the BIOS:


I think this check is vaguely incorrect, because it sounds like you are 
in combined mode.  That would imply that ap->port_no is incorrect, for 
this one special case.  (details: in combined aka legacy mode, port 
number is always zero because it is initialized as two separate hosts, 
not one host with two ata_ports)

However, since this is SATA, and PIIX does at least give us a "no 
device" indication, we could probably just delete the 'if' and the code 
you are commenting out as well.

Ponder, ponder...

Another thing I am pondering is detecting combined mode in 
drivers/pci/quirks.c, and reconfiguring the motherboard such that is it 
no longer in combined mode.

	Jeff