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authorMark Lord <liml@rtr.ca>2008-04-19 14:54:41 -0400
committerJeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>2008-04-25 01:26:22 -0400
commit85afb934575abdff1b2ac8ea4d522d1355f22a89 (patch)
tree1a5a5d4bbb86e96ad3e2ddc0f1fc9e317ac20121 /drivers/ata
parent8d07379d251ab24d937e6cb0748b71106dddbc74 (diff)
downloadlinux-85afb934575abdff1b2ac8ea4d522d1355f22a89.tar.bz2
sata_mv: re-enable hotplug, update TODO list
Re-enable hotplug, now that the interrupt/error handling are mostly sane. Also update the TODO list at the top. Signed-off-by: Mark Lord <mlord@pobox.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/ata')
-rw-r--r--drivers/ata/sata_mv.c79
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 50 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c b/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c
index 4fa54805eb41..26a6337195b3 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c
@@ -23,46 +23,34 @@
*/
/*
- sata_mv TODO list:
-
- 1) Needs a full errata audit for all chipsets. I implemented most
- of the errata workarounds found in the Marvell vendor driver, but
- I distinctly remember a couple workarounds (one related to PCI-X)
- are still needed.
-
- 2) Improve/fix IRQ and error handling sequences.
-
- 3) ATAPI support (Marvell claims the 60xx/70xx chips can do it).
-
- 4) Think about TCQ support here, and for libata in general
- with controllers that suppport it via host-queuing hardware
- (a software-only implementation could be a nightmare).
-
- 5) Investigate problems with PCI Message Signalled Interrupts (MSI).
-
- 6) Cache frequently-accessed registers in mv_port_priv to reduce overhead.
-
- 7) Fix/reenable hot plug/unplug (should happen as a side-effect of (2) above).
-
- 8) Develop a low-power-consumption strategy, and implement it.
-
- 9) [Experiment, low priority] See if ATAPI can be supported using
- "unknown FIS" or "vendor-specific FIS" support, or something creative
- like that.
-
- 10) [Experiment, low priority] Investigate interrupt coalescing.
- Quite often, especially with PCI Message Signalled Interrupts (MSI),
- the overhead reduced by interrupt mitigation is quite often not
- worth the latency cost.
-
- 11) [Experiment, Marvell value added] Is it possible to use target
- mode to cross-connect two Linux boxes with Marvell cards? If so,
- creating LibATA target mode support would be very interesting.
-
- Target mode, for those without docs, is the ability to directly
- connect two SATA controllers.
-
-*/
+ * sata_mv TODO list:
+ *
+ * --> Errata workaround for NCQ device errors.
+ *
+ * --> More errata workarounds for PCI-X.
+ *
+ * --> Complete a full errata audit for all chipsets to identify others.
+ *
+ * --> ATAPI support (Marvell claims the 60xx/70xx chips can do it).
+ *
+ * --> Investigate problems with PCI Message Signalled Interrupts (MSI).
+ *
+ * --> Cache frequently-accessed registers in mv_port_priv to reduce overhead.
+ *
+ * --> Develop a low-power-consumption strategy, and implement it.
+ *
+ * --> [Experiment, low priority] Investigate interrupt coalescing.
+ * Quite often, especially with PCI Message Signalled Interrupts (MSI),
+ * the overhead reduced by interrupt mitigation is quite often not
+ * worth the latency cost.
+ *
+ * --> [Experiment, Marvell value added] Is it possible to use target
+ * mode to cross-connect two Linux boxes with Marvell cards? If so,
+ * creating LibATA target mode support would be very interesting.
+ *
+ * Target mode, for those without docs, is the ability to directly
+ * connect two SATA ports.
+ */
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
@@ -300,9 +288,7 @@ enum {
EDMA_ERR_IRQ_TRANSIENT = EDMA_ERR_LNK_CTRL_RX_0 |
EDMA_ERR_LNK_CTRL_RX_1 |
EDMA_ERR_LNK_CTRL_RX_3 |
- EDMA_ERR_LNK_CTRL_TX |
- /* temporary, until we fix hotplug: */
- (EDMA_ERR_DEV_DCON | EDMA_ERR_DEV_CON),
+ EDMA_ERR_LNK_CTRL_TX,
EDMA_EH_FREEZE = EDMA_ERR_D_PAR |
EDMA_ERR_PRD_PAR |
@@ -2124,13 +2110,6 @@ static int mv6_reset_hc(struct mv_host_priv *hpriv, void __iomem *mmio,
printk(KERN_ERR DRV_NAME ": can't clear global reset\n");
rc = 1;
}
- /*
- * Temporary: wait 3 seconds before port-probing can happen,
- * so that we don't miss finding sleepy SilXXXX port-multipliers.
- * This can go away once hotplug is fully/correctly implemented.
- */
- if (rc == 0)
- msleep(3000);
done:
return rc;
}