linux-kernel - Re: patch sata_nv-disable-hardreset-for-generic.patch added to 2.6.26-stable tree

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Date:	Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:20:18 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
CC:	Stefan Lippers-Hollmann <s.L-H@....de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jgarzik@...hat.com, pchen@...dia.com,
	stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: patch sata_nv-disable-hardreset-for-generic.patch added to	2.6.26-stable
 tree

Greg KH wrote:
>>> From 2fd673ecf0378ddeeeb87b3605e50212e0c0ddc6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>>> From: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
>>> Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:13:12 +0200
>>> Subject: sata_nv: disable hardreset for generic
>>>
>>> From: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
>>>
>>> commit 2fd673ecf0378ddeeeb87b3605e50212e0c0ddc6 upstream
>>>
>>> of them being unifying probing, hotplug and EH reset paths uniform.
>>> Previously, broken hardreset could go unnoticed as it wasn't used
>>> during probing but when something goes wrong or after hotplug the
>>> problem will surface and bite hard.
>>>
>>> OSDL bug 11195 reports that sata_nv generic flavor falls into this
>>> category.  Hardreset itself succeeds but PHY stays offline after
>>> hardreset.  I tried longer debounce timing but the result was the
>>> same.
>>>
>>>   http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11195
>>>
>>> So, it seems we'll have to drop hardreset from the generic flavor.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
>>> Cc: Peer Chen <pchen@...dia.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...hat.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
>> On 2.6.26.5 + the pending stable queue applied, this patch results in lots 
>> of noise in my syslog (full gzipped dmesg with and without this patch 
>> attached):
> 
> This patch has been removed from the stable queue, so it shouldn't be an
> issue anymore, right?

It's currently a mess.  Please take a look at the following message for
the whole story.

  http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ide/34942

It's interesting how they fixed hardreset of the chipset step-by-step. :-(

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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