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authorMaciej W. Rozycki <macro@orcam.me.uk>2021-03-21 20:55:32 +0100
committerJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>2021-04-06 17:27:30 +0200
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pata_legacy: Add `probe_mask' parameter like with ide-generic
Carry the `probe_mask' parameter over from ide-generic to pata_legacy so that there is a way to prevent random poking at ISA port I/O locations in attempt to discover adapter option cards with libata like with the old IDE driver. By default all enabled locations are tried, however it may interfere with a different kind of hardware responding there. For example with a plain (E)ISA system the driver tries all the six possible locations: scsi host0: pata_legacy ata1: PATA max PIO4 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 irq 14 ata1.00: ATA-4: ST310211A, 3.54, max UDMA/100 ata1.00: 19541088 sectors, multi 16: LBA ata1.00: configured for PIO scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA ST310211A 3.54 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 scsi 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 19541088 512-byte logical blocks: (10.0 GB/9.32 GiB) sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk scsi host1: pata_legacy ata2: PATA max PIO4 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 irq 15 scsi host1: pata_legacy ata3: PATA max PIO4 cmd 0x1e8 ctl 0x3ee irq 11 scsi host1: pata_legacy ata4: PATA max PIO4 cmd 0x168 ctl 0x36e irq 10 scsi host1: pata_legacy ata5: PATA max PIO4 cmd 0x1e0 ctl 0x3e6 irq 8 scsi host1: pata_legacy ata6: PATA max PIO4 cmd 0x160 ctl 0x366 irq 12 however giving the kernel "pata_legacy.probe_mask=21" makes it try every other location only: scsi host0: pata_legacy ata1: PATA max PIO4 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 irq 14 ata1.00: ATA-4: ST310211A, 3.54, max UDMA/100 ata1.00: 19541088 sectors, multi 16: LBA ata1.00: configured for PIO scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA ST310211A 3.54 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 scsi 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 19541088 512-byte logical blocks: (10.0 GB/9.32 GiB) sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk scsi host1: pata_legacy ata2: PATA max PIO4 cmd 0x1e8 ctl 0x3ee irq 11 scsi host1: pata_legacy ata3: PATA max PIO4 cmd 0x1e0 ctl 0x3e6 irq 8 Signed-off-by: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@orcam.me.uk> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.21.2103211800110.21463@angie.orcam.me.uk Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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Set to non-zero to probe tertiary and further ISA
port ranges on PCI systems. Disabled by default.
+ pata_legacy.probe_mask= [HW,LIBATA]
+ Format: <int>
+ Probe mask for legacy ISA PATA ports. Depending on
+ platform configuration and the use of other driver
+ options up to 6 legacy ports are supported: 0x1f0,
+ 0x170, 0x1e8, 0x168, 0x1e0, 0x160, however probing
+ of individual ports can be disabled by setting the
+ corresponding bits in the mask to 1. Bit 0 is for
+ the first port in the list above (0x1f0), and so on.
+ By default all supported ports are probed.
+
pata_legacy.qdi= [HW,LIBATA]
Format: <int>
Set to non-zero to probe QDI controllers. By default