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SubjectRe: libata_uli puts second channel to PIO4 on 2.6.18
Grzegorz Kulewski wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Feb 2007, Tejun Heo wrote:
>> Grzegorz Kulewski wrote:
>>> It worked very well for half a year but with one disk (IIRC it was even
>>> plugged into second channel but I wont bet on it). Now I have second
>>> disk
>>> (very similar) and it is always put into PIO4 mode:
>>>
>>> [ 17.404451] libata version 2.00 loaded.
>>> [ 17.404916] sata_uli 0000:00:04.0: version 1.0
>>> [ 17.405009] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:04.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level,
>>> low)
>>> -> IRQ 185
>>> [ 17.405223] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xD400 ctl 0xD002 bmdma
>>> 0xB000
>>> irq 185
>>> [ 17.405385] ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xB800 ctl 0xB402 bmdma
>>> 0xB008
>>> irq 185
>>> [ 17.405519] scsi2 : sata_uli
>>> [ 17.858803] ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
>>> [ 17.880541] ata1.00: ATA-7, max UDMA/133, 488397168 sectors:
>>> LBA48 NCQ
>>> (depth 0/32)
>>> [ 17.880660] ata1.00: ata1: dev 0 multi count 16
>>> [ 17.888858] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
>>> [ 17.888941] scsi3 : sata_uli
>>> [ 18.342469] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
>>> [ 18.343573] ata2.00: ATA-7, max UDMA/133, 488397168 sectors:
>>> LBA48 NCQ
>>> (depth 0/32)
>>> [ 18.343691] ata2.00: ata2: dev 0 multi count 16
>>> [ 18.344972] ata2.00: configured for PIO4
>>
>> Some uli controllers have simplex bit stuck high indicating that they
>> can't perform DMA transfers simultaneously on both channels. In this
>> case, libata configures the second channel as PIO only. This has been
>> worked around by the following commit.
>>
>> commit b2a8bbe67d73631c71492fd60b757fc50a87f182
>> Author: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
>> Date: Thu Jan 25 19:40:05 2007 +0900
>>
>> libata: implement ATA_FLAG_IGN_SIMPLEX and use it in sata_uli
>>
>> Some uli controllers have stuck SIMPLEX bit which can't be cleared
>> with ata_pci_clear_simplex(), but the controller is capable of doing
>> DMAs on both channels simultaneously. Implement ATA_FLAG_IGN_SIMPLEX
>> which makes libata ignore the simplex bit and use it in sata_uli.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
>>
>> For quick fix, just comment out lines which set ATA_HOST_SIMPLEX in
>> drivers/scsi/libata-bmdma.c. e.g.
>>
>> /*if (inb(bmdma + 2) & 0x80)
>> probe_ent->host_set_flags |= ATA_HOST_SIMPLEX;*/
>
> Thanks! After this fix it is working ok. Any chance to see the proper
> fix in -stable kernels for at least 2.6.18.x and 2.6.19.x?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Grzegorz Kulewski
>

I was wondering the same thing. While I could patch the kernel, and make
a custom build. I prefer not to, and just upgrade to a newer version.

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