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diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ata_piix.c b/drivers/scsi/ata_piix.c index 887b2b9ee4aa..908ff1f9671a 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/ata_piix.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/ata_piix.c @@ -37,6 +37,49 @@ * * Hardware documentation available at http://developer.intel.com/ * + * Documentation + * Publically available from Intel web site. Errata documentation + * is also publically available. As an aide to anyone hacking on this + * driver the list of errata that are relevant is below.going back to + * PIIX4. Older device documentation is now a bit tricky to find. + * + * The chipsets all follow very much the same design. The orginal Triton + * series chipsets do _not_ support independant device timings, but this + * is fixed in Triton II. With the odd mobile exception the chips then + * change little except in gaining more modes until SATA arrives. This + * driver supports only the chips with independant timing (that is those + * with SITRE and the 0x44 timing register). See pata_oldpiix and pata_mpiix + * for the early chip drivers. + * + * Errata of note: + * + * Unfixable + * PIIX4 errata #9 - Only on ultra obscure hw + * ICH3 errata #13 - Not observed to affect real hw + * by Intel + * + * Things we must deal with + * PIIX4 errata #10 - BM IDE hang with non UDMA + * (must stop/start dma to recover) + * 440MX errata #15 - As PIIX4 errata #10 + * PIIX4 errata #15 - Must not read control registers + * during a PIO transfer + * 440MX errata #13 - As PIIX4 errata #15 + * ICH2 errata #21 - DMA mode 0 doesn't work right + * ICH0/1 errata #55 - As ICH2 errata #21 + * ICH2 spec c #9 - Extra operations needed to handle + * drive hotswap [NOT YET SUPPORTED] + * ICH2 spec c #20 - IDE PRD must not cross a 64K boundary + * and must be dword aligned + * ICH2 spec c #24 - UDMA mode 4,5 t85/86 should be 6ns not 3.3 + * + * Should have been BIOS fixed: + * 450NX: errata #19 - DMA hangs on old 450NX + * 450NX: errata #20 - DMA hangs on old 450NX + * 450NX: errata #25 - Corruption with DMA on old 450NX + * ICH3 errata #15 - IDE deadlock under high load + * (BIOS must set dev 31 fn 0 bit 23) + * ICH3 errata #18 - Don't use native mode */ #include <linux/kernel.h> |