linux-kernel - Re: AHCI should try to claim all AHCI controllers

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Date:	Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:07:51 -0500
From:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
To:	Conke Hu <conke.hu@....com>
CC:	torvalds@...l.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: AHCI should try to claim all AHCI controllers

Conke Hu wrote:
> Hi all,
> 	According to PCI 3.0 spec, ACHI's PCI class code is 0x010601,
> and I suggest the ahci driver had better try to claim all ahci
> controllers, pls see the following patch:
> 
> diff -Nur linux-2.6.17/drivers/scsi/ahci.c
> linux-2.6.17-ahci/drivers/scsi/ahci.c
> --- linux-2.6.17/drivers/scsi/ahci.c	2006-06-18 09:49:35.000000000
> +0800
> +++ linux-2.6.17-ahci/drivers/scsi/ahci.c	2006-10-31
> 22:50:54.000000000 +0800
> @@ -296,6 +296,11 @@
>  	  board_ahci }, /* ATI SB600 non-raid */
>  	{ PCI_VENDOR_ID_ATI, 0x4381, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0,
>  	  board_ahci }, /* ATI SB600 raid */
> +	/* Claim all AHCI controllers not listed above. 
> +	 * According to PCI 3.0, AHCI's class code is 0x010601 
> +        */
> +	{ PCI_AND_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0x010601,
> 0xffffff, 
> +	board_ahci },
>  	{ }	/* terminate list */
>  };

Since things have settled in this area, yes, this would probably be a 
good thing to add.

For the benefit of others, some background:  we should not be -removing- 
any PCI IDs due to this, because quite often the PCI class code will be 
RAID or something else, yet still be drive-able with this ahci driver.

	Jeff



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