2.6.27-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Tejun Heo commit 7dac745b8e367c99175b8f0d014d996f0e5ed9e5 upstream. Kernel bz#12176 reports that nf2 hardreset simply doesn't work. Give up. Argh... Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo Cc: Robert Hancock Reported-by: Saro Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/ata/sata_nv.c | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/ata/sata_nv.c +++ b/drivers/ata/sata_nv.c @@ -421,19 +421,21 @@ static struct ata_port_operations nv_gen .hardreset = ATA_OP_NULL, }; -/* OSDL bz3352 reports that nf2/3 controllers can't determine device - * signature reliably. Also, the following thread reports detection - * failure on cold boot with the standard debouncing timing. +/* nf2 is ripe with hardreset related problems. + * + * kernel bz#3352 reports nf2/3 controllers can't determine device + * signature reliably. The following thread reports detection failure + * on cold boot with the standard debouncing timing. * * http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ide/34098 * - * Debounce with hotplug timing and request follow-up SRST. + * And bz#12176 reports that hardreset simply doesn't work on nf2. + * Give up on it and just don't do hardreset. */ static struct ata_port_operations nv_nf2_ops = { - .inherits = &nv_common_ops, + .inherits = &nv_generic_ops, .freeze = nv_nf2_freeze, .thaw = nv_nf2_thaw, - .hardreset = nv_noclassify_hardreset, }; /* For initial probing after boot and hot plugging, hardreset mostly -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/