Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 26 Jun 2010 10:03:40 +0200 | From | Tejun Heo <> | Subject | Re: ata link not reset properly |
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Hello,
On 06/26/2010 06:07 AM, Robert Hancock wrote: > Ahh, ok, it's not sata_nv at all then, it's pata_amd. On the same chip, > totally different controller though. > > PATA doesn't normally use hard-resets as a means of error recovery - > that would mean hitting the RESET line, which I don't think most > controllers can do on software command (it usually only gets asserted on > power up or hitting the reset button), unlike on SATA where there's a > defined way to trigger a COMRESET which is mostly equivalent. Also, that > resets both devices on the channel, unlike soft reset which is specific > to one device.
Yeah, if it's pata_amd and SRST isn't recovering the device, there isn't much else to do. :-(
Thanks.
-- tejun
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