Re: [Patch] enable AHCI mode on certain ich chipsets

From: Jeff Garzik
Date: Wed Feb 16 2011 - 14:46:10 EST


On 02/16/2011 04:05 AM, Joerg Dorchain wrote:
Hello all,

this patch allows to force ICH7/8/9 into AHCI mode. This is needed
because some BIOSes do not make AHCI-mode operation available to the
user.
As the Intel documentation states that the OS should not carry
out the operation - the user must force this on the kernel
commandline using quirk_ich_force_ahci

As this quirk gets called whilst the PCI subsystem is
walking the PCI bus, we declare this quirk against the LPC
(device 00:1f.0), so that we can frob 00:1f.2 before the PCI
code has scanned it.
Note: the pci id might change due to this (e.g. from 27c4 to 27c5)

For working suspend/resume, the next patch is required, too.

Bye,

Joerg


Signed-Off-By: joerg Dorchain<joerg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

--- linux/drivers/pci/quirks.c.orig 2011-02-04 18:29:03.000000000 +0100
+++ linux/drivers/pci/quirks.c 2011-02-12 07:07:57.000000000 +0100
@@ -2684,6 +2684,74 @@
DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_HEADER(PCI_VENDOR_ID_HINT, 0x0020, quirk_hotplug_bridge);

/*
+ * Force ICH7/8/9 into AHCI mode. This is needed because some
+ * BIOSes do not make AHCI-mode operation available to the user.
+ * As the Intel documentation states that the OS should not carry
+ * out the operation - the user must force this on the kernel
+ * commandline using quirk_ich_force_ahci
+ *
+ * As this quirk gets called whilst the PCI subsystem is
+ * walking the PCI bus, we declare this quirk against the LPC
+ * (device 00:1f.0), so that we can frob 00:1f.2 before the PCI
+ * code has scanned it.
+ * Note: the pci id might change due to this (e.g. from 27c4 to 27c5)
+ *
+ */
+
+static bool ich_force_ahci_mode; /* defaults to false */
+
+static int __init ich789_force_ahci_mode_setup(char *str)
+{
+ ich_force_ahci_mode = true;
+ return 0;
+}
+early_param("quirk_ich_force_ahci", ich789_force_ahci_mode_setup);
+
+static void ich789_force_ahci_mode(struct pci_dev *pdev)
+{
+ u8 amrval;
+ u8 sclkgc;
+ const int ich89_address_map_reg = 0x90;
+ const int ich89_sata_clock_gen_config_reg = 0x9c;
+
+ if (!ich_force_ahci_mode)
+ return;
+
+ /* ICH8 datasheet section 12.1.33 */
+ if (!pci_bus_read_config_byte(pdev->bus, PCI_DEVFN(PCI_SLOT(pdev->devfn), 2),
+ ich89_address_map_reg,&amrval)) {
+
+ if (amrval& (BIT(6) | BIT(7))) {
+ dev_printk(KERN_DEBUG,&pdev->dev,
+ "ICH7/8/9 SATA controller not in IDE mode. Not modifying.\n");
+ return;
+ }
+ if (amrval& (BIT(0) | BIT(1)))
+ dev_printk(KERN_DEBUG,&pdev->dev,
+ "ICH7/8/9 in SATA/PATA combined mode. Untested.\n");
+ /* AHCI mode */
+ amrval |= BIT(6);
+ amrval&= ~BIT(7);
+ pci_bus_read_config_byte(pdev->bus, PCI_DEVFN(PCI_SLOT(pdev->devfn), 2),
+ ich89_sata_clock_gen_config_reg,&sclkgc);
+ dev_printk(KERN_DEBUG,&pdev->dev, "sclkgc is %#0x\n", sclkgc);
+ pci_bus_write_config_byte(pdev->bus, PCI_DEVFN(PCI_SLOT(pdev->devfn), 2),
+ ich89_address_map_reg, amrval);
+ dev_printk(KERN_DEBUG,&pdev->dev, "Forced ICH7/8/9 mode PIIX->AHCI\n");

How is the assignment of the AHCI BAR handled? Does this happen automatically because it's an early fixup?

That is traditionally the stumbling block...

Jeff


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