Re: [PATCH v6 2/3] ata: Use ACPI methods to power on disks

[Damien Le Moal]

On 11/4/25 11:24 PM, Markus Probst wrote:
> Some embedded devices have the ability to control whether power is
> provided to the disks via the SATA power connector or not. If power
> resources are defined on ATA ports / devices in ACPI, we should try to set
> the power state to D0 before probing the disk to ensure that any power
> supply or power gate that may exist is providing power to the disk.
> 
> An example for such devices would be newer synology NAS devices. Every
> disk slot has its own SATA power connector. Whether the connector is
> providing power is controlled via an gpio, which is *off by default*.
> Also the disk loses power on reboots.
> 
> Add a new function, ata_acpi_port_power_on(), that will be used to power
> on the SATA power connector if usable ACPI power resources on the
> associated ATA port / device are found. It will be called right before
> probing the port, therefore the disk will be powered on just in time.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Probst <markus.probst@xxxxxxxxx>

Looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research