linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] ata: ahci-platform: Add ports-implemented DT bindings.

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Date:	Thu, 31 Mar 2016 13:23:54 -0500
From:	Andy Gross <andy.gross@...aro.org>
To:	Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>
Cc:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-soc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, jmaggard10@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] ata: ahci-platform: Add ports-implemented DT
 bindings.

On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 06:31:39PM +0100, Srinivas Kandagatla wrote:
> On some SOCs PORTS_IMPL register value is never programmed by the
> firmware and left at zero value. Which means that no sata ports are
> available for software. AHCI driver used to cope up with this by
> fabricating the port_map if the PORTS_IMPL register is read zero,
> but recent patch broke this workaround as zero value was valid for
> NVMe disks.
> 
> This patch adds ports-implemented DT bindings as workaround for this issue
> in a way that DT can can override the PORTS_IMPL register in cases where
> the firmware did not program it already.
> 
> Fixes: 566d1827df2e ("libata: disable forced PORTS_IMPL for >= AHCI 1.3)
> Signed-off-by: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>

Reviewed-by: Andy Gross <andy.gross@...aro.org>