From: Jens Axboe Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:23:18 +0000 (+0200) Subject: libata: add whitelist for devices with known good pata-sata bridges X-Git-Tag: v2.6.28-rc3~26^2 X-Git-Url: http://www.pilppa.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9ce8e3073d9cfd6f859c22a25441db41b85cbf6e;hp=b9d5b89b487517cbd4cb4702da829e07ef9e4432;p=linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git libata: add whitelist for devices with known good pata-sata bridges libata currently imposes a UDMA5 max transfer rate and 200 sector max transfer size for SATA devices that sit behind a pata-sata bridge. Lots of devices have known good bridges that don't need this limit applied. The MTRON SSD disks are such devices. Transfer rates are increased by 20-30% with the restriction removed. So add a "blacklist" entry for the MTRON devices, with a flag indicating that the bridge is known good. Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik --- diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c index 8824c8da3f2..82af7011f2d 100644 --- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c +++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c @@ -2158,6 +2158,10 @@ retry: static inline u8 ata_dev_knobble(struct ata_device *dev) { struct ata_port *ap = dev->link->ap; + + if (ata_dev_blacklisted(dev) & ATA_HORKAGE_BRIDGE_OK) + return 0; + return ((ap->cbl == ATA_CBL_SATA) && (!ata_id_is_sata(dev->id))); } @@ -4062,6 +4066,9 @@ static const struct ata_blacklist_entry ata_device_blacklist [] = { { "TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S202N", "SB00", ATA_HORKAGE_IVB, }, { "TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S202N", "SB01", ATA_HORKAGE_IVB, }, + /* Devices that do not need bridging limits applied */ + { "MTRON MSP-SATA*", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_BRIDGE_OK, }, + /* End Marker */ { } }; diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h index 507f53ef803..f5441edee55 100644 --- a/include/linux/libata.h +++ b/include/linux/libata.h @@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ enum { ATA_HORKAGE_IPM = (1 << 7), /* Link PM problems */ ATA_HORKAGE_IVB = (1 << 8), /* cbl det validity bit bugs */ ATA_HORKAGE_STUCK_ERR = (1 << 9), /* stuck ERR on next PACKET */ + ATA_HORKAGE_BRIDGE_OK = (1 << 10), /* no bridge limits */ /* DMA mask for user DMA control: User visible values; DO NOT renumber */