RE: RE: [PATCH] ahci: add a boot option to enable promise ahci

[Tony Hung - PTT ???]

On 2012/9/25 11:05 AM, Jeff Garzik wrote:
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> On 09/23/2012 10:34 PM, Tony Hung - PTT ??? wrote:
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> > linux-3.2.0/drivers/ata/ahci.c: In function 'ahci_init_one':
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> > 
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> > Use promise_enable to disable AHCI control PCI RAID.
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> > 
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> > Signed-off-by: Tony Hung <tony.hung@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> > ---
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> > 
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> > diff --git a/linux-3.2.0/drivers/ata/ahci.c b/linux-3.2.0/drivers/ata/ahci.c
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> > --- a/linux-3.2.0/drivers/ata/ahci.c    2012-08-29 13:40:26.046851693 +0800
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> > +++ b/linux-3.2.0/drivers/ata/ahci.c  2012-08-30 17:23:10.207838960 +0800
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> > @@ -430,6 +430,9 @@ static int marvell_enable = 1;
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> >   module_param(marvell_enable, int, 0644);
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> >   MODULE_PARM_DESC(marvell_enable, "Marvell SATA via AHCI (1 =
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> > enabled)");
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> > 
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> > +static int promise_enable;
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> > +module_param(promise_enable, int, 0644); 
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> > +MODULE_PARM_DESC(promise_enable, "Promise SATA via AHCI (1 =
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> > +enabled)");
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> > 
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> >   static void ahci_pci_save_initial_config(struct pci_dev *pdev,
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> >                                                struct ahci_host_priv *hpriv)
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> > @@ -1049,6 +1052,16 @@ static int ahci_init_one(struct pci_dev
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> >            if (pdev->vendor == PCI_VENDOR_ID_MARVELL && !marvell_enable)
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> >                    return -ENODEV;
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> > 
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> > +        /*
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> > +         * In RAID mode, Promise software RAID need to replace
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> > +         * original AHCI module, but if AHCI driver build-in kernel,
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> > +         * Promise AHCI module need a boot option to disable it
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> > +         */
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> > +        if (promise_enable &&
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> > +            ((pdev->class >> 8) == PCI_CLASS_STORAGE_RAID) &&
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> > +             (pdev->vendor == PCI_VENDOR_ID_ATI ||
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> > +              pdev->vendor == PCI_VENDOR_ID_AMD))
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> > +                return -ENODEV;
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>  
>
> We need the patch for the Promise Software RAID driver, to accept this...
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>  
>
>          Jeff

 

Patch file is in attachment, and sorry for error descript.

 

Best wishes,

Tony Hung

Attachment: [PATCH]ahci-add-a-boot-option-to-enable-promise-ahci.patch
Description: [PATCH]ahci-add-a-boot-option-to-enable-promise-ahci.patch