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From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@gmail.com>
Cc: "Ortwin Glück" <odi@odi.ch>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ata link not reset properly
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 10:03:40 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C25B45C.9080805@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4C257CEE.2070309@gmail.com>

Hello,

On 06/26/2010 06:07 AM, Robert Hancock wrote:
> Ahh, ok, it's not sata_nv at all then, it's pata_amd. On the same chip,
> totally different controller though.
> 
> PATA doesn't normally use hard-resets as a means of error recovery -
> that would mean hitting the RESET line, which I don't think most
> controllers can do on software command (it usually only gets asserted on
> power up or hitting the reset button), unlike on SATA where there's a
> defined way to trigger a COMRESET which is mostly equivalent. Also, that
> resets both devices on the channel, unlike soft reset which is specific
> to one device.

Yeah, if it's pata_amd and SRST isn't recovering the device, there
isn't much else to do.  :-(

Thanks.

-- 
tejun

  reply	other threads:[~2010-06-26  8:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-06-23 17:08 ata link not reset properly Ortwin Glück
2010-06-23 17:28 ` Tejun Heo
2010-06-23 17:31   ` Tejun Heo
2010-06-24  7:13     ` Ortwin Glück
2010-06-25 15:19       ` Tejun Heo
2010-06-25 18:00         ` Ortwin Glück
2010-06-26  4:07           ` Robert Hancock
2010-06-26  8:03             ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2010-06-26  9:00             ` Ortwin Glück
2010-06-27 18:27             ` Sergei Shtylyov

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