Re: [2.6.22.2 review 06/84] Add a PCI ID for santa rosas PATA controller.

From: Chr
Date: Tue Aug 07 2007 - 19:39:33 EST


On Tuesday, 7. August 2007, Greg KH wrote:
>
> From: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@xxxxxx>
>
> This is commit c1e6f28cc5de37dcd113b9668a185c0b9334ba8a which is
> merged during 23-rc1 window. Considering the popularity of these
> chips, I think including it in -stable release would be good idea.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@xxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
>

I did not receive any complains. I guess it's stable enough for -stable ;-) ...

---

Not OT:

There is another outstanding issue with ata_piix.c.
Intel has never officially supported anything faster than PATA 100MB/s.

But, the ata_piix.c driver "define" the ICH5 & ICH7 as UDMA6 (aka 133MB/s) capable.
[ Well, no one has probably noticed it before, because there is bug in do_pata_set_dmamode...
Just look at libata_atapiix_enable_real_udma133.patch and you'll see what wrong with it. ]

Here are Intel's datasheets for the affected chipsets:
ICH5 Datasheet: http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets/datashts/252516.htm
(See note on page 183: "... the ICH5 supports reads at the maximum rate of 100MB/s.")

ICH7 Datasheet: http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets/datashts/307013.htm
(See first note on page 190: "... the ICH7 supports reads at the maximum rate of 100MB/s.")

-

They are two different ways to deal with it:

- Either -

1. replace all ich_pata_133 with ich_pata_100.
(libata_atapiix_disable_udma6.diff - diff from 2.6.22 )

- Or -

2. keep all ich_pata_133 and fix the bug in "do_pata_set_dmamode".
(libata_atapiix_enable_real_udma133.patch - diff from 2.6.22)
If there are any concerns about the safety of the patch patch:
http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/6/292 (It was already tested by an Intel employee,
but I guess a bit more user input is necessary here... )

Both ways have their pros and cons. Unfortunately, I don't have the time to follow this
discussion right now, so here's a:

Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@xxxxxx>
(Just in case, if one of the patches really gets merged!)

Thanks,
Chr.

--- a/drivers/ata/ata_piix.c 2007-08-08 00:52:52.000000000 +0200
+++ b/drivers/ata/ata_piix.c 2007-08-08 00:55:45.000000000 +0200
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ enum {
ich_pata_33 = 1, /* ICH up to UDMA 33 only */
ich_pata_66 = 2, /* ICH up to 66 Mhz */
ich_pata_100 = 3, /* ICH up to UDMA 100 */
- ich_pata_133 = 4, /* ICH up to UDMA 133 */
+ /* ICH up to UDMA 133 is not supported */
ich5_sata = 5,
ich6_sata = 6,
ich6_sata_ahci = 7,
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static const struct pci_device_id piix_p
{ 0x8086, 0x24CA, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, ich_pata_100 },
{ 0x8086, 0x24CB, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, ich_pata_100 },
/* Intel ICH5 */
- { 0x8086, 0x24DB, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, ich_pata_133 },
+ { 0x8086, 0x24DB, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, ich_pata_100 },
/* C-ICH (i810E2) */
{ 0x8086, 0x245B, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, ich_pata_100 },
/* ESB (855GME/875P + 6300ESB) UDMA 100 */
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static const struct pci_device_id piix_p
/* ICH6 (and 6) (i915) UDMA 100 */
{ 0x8086, 0x266F, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, ich_pata_100 },
/* ICH7/7-R (i945, i975) UDMA 100*/
- { 0x8086, 0x27DF, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, ich_pata_133 },
+ { 0x8086, 0x27DF, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, ich_pata_100 },
{ 0x8086, 0x269E, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, ich_pata_100 },

/* NOTE: The following PCI ids must be kept in sync with the
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ static struct ata_port_info piix_port_in
.port_ops = &ich_pata_ops,
},

- /* ich_pata_133: 4 ICH with full UDMA6 */
+ /* ich_pata_133: 4 - Not supported - */
{
.sht = &piix_sht,
.flags = PIIX_PATA_FLAGS | PIIX_FLAG_CHECKINTR,
--- a/drivers/ata/ata_piix.c 2007-08-08 00:52:52.000000000 +0200
+++ b/drivers/ata/ata_piix.c 2007-08-08 00:53:03.000000000 +0200
@@ -765,8 +765,8 @@ static void do_pata_set_dmamode (struct
* except UDMA0 which is 00
*/
u_speed = min(2 - (udma & 1), udma);
- if (udma == 5)
- u_clock = 0x1000; /* 100Mhz */
+ if (udma >= 5)
+ u_clock = 0x1000; /* 133Mhz */
else if (udma > 2)
u_clock = 1; /* 66Mhz */
else