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<title>linux-toradex.git/drivers/ata/pata_scc.c, branch v2.6.26-rc2</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<entry>
<title>libata: move link onlineness check out of softreset methods</title>
<updated>2008-04-17T19:44:25+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tejun Heo</name>
<email>htejun@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2008-04-07T16:46:56+00:00</published>
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Currently, SATA softresets should do link onlineness check before
actually performing SRST protocol but it doesn't really belong to
softreset.

This patch moves onlineness check in softreset to ata_eh_reset() and
ata_eh_followup_srst_needed() to clean up code and help future sata_mv
changes which need clear separation between SCR and TF accesses.

sata_fsl is peculiar in that its softreset really isn't softreset but
combination of hardreset and softreset.  This patch adds dummy private
-&gt;prereset to keep the current behavior but the driver really should
implement separate hard and soft resets and return -EAGAIN from
hardreset if it should be follwed by softreset.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;htejun@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik &lt;jgarzik@redhat.com&gt;
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Currently, SATA softresets should do link onlineness check before
actually performing SRST protocol but it doesn't really belong to
softreset.

This patch moves onlineness check in softreset to ata_eh_reset() and
ata_eh_followup_srst_needed() to clean up code and help future sata_mv
changes which need clear separation between SCR and TF accesses.

sata_fsl is peculiar in that its softreset really isn't softreset but
combination of hardreset and softreset.  This patch adds dummy private
-&gt;prereset to keep the current behavior but the driver really should
implement separate hard and soft resets and return -EAGAIN from
hardreset if it should be follwed by softreset.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;htejun@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik &lt;jgarzik@redhat.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>pata_scc: fix build breakage</title>
<updated>2008-04-17T19:44:25+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Stephen Rothwell</name>
<email>sfr@canb.auug.org.au</email>
</author>
<published>2008-04-09T03:34:40+00:00</published>
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drivers/ata/pata_scc.c: In function 'scc_bus_softreset':
drivers/ata/pata_scc.c:594: error: 'deadlien' undeclared (first use in this function)
drivers/ata/pata_scc.c:594: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
drivers/ata/pata_scc.c:594: error: for each function it appears in.)

Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell &lt;sfr@canb.auug.org.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik &lt;jeff@garzik.org&gt;
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drivers/ata/pata_scc.c: In function 'scc_bus_softreset':
drivers/ata/pata_scc.c:594: error: 'deadlien' undeclared (first use in this function)
drivers/ata/pata_scc.c:594: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
drivers/ata/pata_scc.c:594: error: for each function it appears in.)

Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell &lt;sfr@canb.auug.org.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik &lt;jeff@garzik.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>libata: restructure SFF post-reset readiness waits</title>
<updated>2008-04-17T19:44:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tejun Heo</name>
<email>htejun@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2008-04-07T13:47:19+00:00</published>
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Previously, post-softreset readiness is waited as follows.

1. ata_sff_wait_after_reset() waits for 150ms and then for
   ATA_TMOUT_FF_WAIT if status is 0xff and other conditions meet.

2. ata_bus_softreset() finishes with -ENODEV if status is still 0xff.
   If not, continue to #3.

3. ata_bus_post_reset() waits readiness of dev0 and/or dev1 depending
   on devmask using ata_sff_wait_ready().

And for post-hardreset readiness,

1. ata_sff_wait_after_reset() waits for 150ms and then for
   ATA_TMOUT_FF_WAIT if status is 0xff and other conditions meet.

2. sata_sff_hardreset waits for device readiness using
   ata_sff_wait_ready().

This patch merges and unifies post-reset readiness waits into
ata_sff_wait_ready() and ata_sff_wait_after_reset().

ATA_TMOUT_FF_WAIT handling is merged into ata_sff_wait_ready().  If TF
status is 0xff, link status is unknown and the port is SATA, it will
continue polling till ATA_TMOUT_FF_WAIT.

ata_sff_wait_after_reset() is updated to perform the following steps.

1. waits for 150ms.

2. waits for dev0 readiness using ata_sff_wait_ready().  Note that
   this is done regardless of devmask, as ata_sff_wait_ready() handles
   0xff status correctly, this preserves the original behavior except
   that it may wait longer after softreset if link is online but
   status is 0xff.  This behavior change is very unlikely to cause any
   actual difference and is intended.  It brings softreset behavior to
   that of hardreset.

3. waits for dev1 readiness just the same way ata_bus_post_reset() did.

Now both soft and hard resets call ata_sff_wait_after_reset() after
reset to wait for readiness after resets.  As
ata_sff_wait_after_reset() contains calls to -&gt;sff_dev_select(),
explicit call near the end of sata_sff_hardreset() is removed.

This change makes reset implementation simpler and more consistent.

While at it, make the magical 150ms wait post-reset wait duration a
constant and ata_sff_wait_ready() and ata_sff_wait_after_reset() take
@link instead of @ap.  This is to make them consistent with other
reset helpers and ease core changes.

pata_scc is updated accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;htejun@gmail.com&gt;
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Previously, post-softreset readiness is waited as follows.

1. ata_sff_wait_after_reset() waits for 150ms and then for
   ATA_TMOUT_FF_WAIT if status is 0xff and other conditions meet.

2. ata_bus_softreset() finishes with -ENODEV if status is still 0xff.
   If not, continue to #3.

3. ata_bus_post_reset() waits readiness of dev0 and/or dev1 depending
   on devmask using ata_sff_wait_ready().

And for post-hardreset readiness,

1. ata_sff_wait_after_reset() waits for 150ms and then for
   ATA_TMOUT_FF_WAIT if status is 0xff and other conditions meet.

2. sata_sff_hardreset waits for device readiness using
   ata_sff_wait_ready().

This patch merges and unifies post-reset readiness waits into
ata_sff_wait_ready() and ata_sff_wait_after_reset().

ATA_TMOUT_FF_WAIT handling is merged into ata_sff_wait_ready().  If TF
status is 0xff, link status is unknown and the port is SATA, it will
continue polling till ATA_TMOUT_FF_WAIT.

ata_sff_wait_after_reset() is updated to perform the following steps.

1. waits for 150ms.

2. waits for dev0 readiness using ata_sff_wait_ready().  Note that
   this is done regardless of devmask, as ata_sff_wait_ready() handles
   0xff status correctly, this preserves the original behavior except
   that it may wait longer after softreset if link is online but
   status is 0xff.  This behavior change is very unlikely to cause any
   actual difference and is intended.  It brings softreset behavior to
   that of hardreset.

3. waits for dev1 readiness just the same way ata_bus_post_reset() did.

Now both soft and hard resets call ata_sff_wait_after_reset() after
reset to wait for readiness after resets.  As
ata_sff_wait_after_reset() contains calls to -&gt;sff_dev_select(),
explicit call near the end of sata_sff_hardreset() is removed.

This change makes reset implementation simpler and more consistent.

While at it, make the magical 150ms wait post-reset wait duration a
constant and ata_sff_wait_ready() and ata_sff_wait_after_reset() take
@link instead of @ap.  This is to make them consistent with other
reset helpers and ease core changes.

pata_scc is updated accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;htejun@gmail.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>libata: rename SFF port ops</title>
<updated>2008-04-17T19:44:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tejun Heo</name>
<email>htejun@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2008-04-07T13:47:16+00:00</published>
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Add sff_ prefix to SFF specific port ops.

This rename is in preparation of separating SFF support out of libata
core layer.  This patch strictly renames ops and doesn't introduce any
behavior difference.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;htejun@gmail.com&gt;
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Add sff_ prefix to SFF specific port ops.

This rename is in preparation of separating SFF support out of libata
core layer.  This patch strictly renames ops and doesn't introduce any
behavior difference.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;htejun@gmail.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>libata: rename SFF functions</title>
<updated>2008-04-17T19:44:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tejun Heo</name>
<email>htejun@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2008-04-07T13:47:16+00:00</published>
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SFF functions have confusing names.  Some have sff prefix, some have
bmdma, some std, some pci and some none.  Unify the naming by...

* SFF functions which are common to both BMDMA and non-BMDMA are
  prefixed with ata_sff_.

* SFF functions which are specific to BMDMA are prefixed with
  ata_bmdma_.

* SFF functions which are specific to PCI but apply to both BMDMA and
  non-BMDMA are prefixed with ata_pci_sff_.

* SFF functions which are specific to PCI and BMDMA are prefixed with
  ata_pci_bmdma_.

* Drop generic prefixes from LLD specific routines.  For example,
  bfin_std_dev_select -&gt; bfin_dev_select.

The following renames are noteworthy.

  ata_qc_issue_prot() -&gt; ata_sff_qc_issue()
  ata_pci_default_filter() -&gt; ata_bmdma_mode_filter()
  ata_dev_try_classify() -&gt; ata_sff_dev_classify()

This rename is in preparation of separating SFF support out of libata
core layer.  This patch strictly renames functions and doesn't
introduce any behavior difference.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;htejun@gmail.com&gt;
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SFF functions have confusing names.  Some have sff prefix, some have
bmdma, some std, some pci and some none.  Unify the naming by...

* SFF functions which are common to both BMDMA and non-BMDMA are
  prefixed with ata_sff_.

* SFF functions which are specific to BMDMA are prefixed with
  ata_bmdma_.

* SFF functions which are specific to PCI but apply to both BMDMA and
  non-BMDMA are prefixed with ata_pci_sff_.

* SFF functions which are specific to PCI and BMDMA are prefixed with
  ata_pci_bmdma_.

* Drop generic prefixes from LLD specific routines.  For example,
  bfin_std_dev_select -&gt; bfin_dev_select.

The following renames are noteworthy.

  ata_qc_issue_prot() -&gt; ata_sff_qc_issue()
  ata_pci_default_filter() -&gt; ata_bmdma_mode_filter()
  ata_dev_try_classify() -&gt; ata_sff_dev_classify()

This rename is in preparation of separating SFF support out of libata
core layer.  This patch strictly renames functions and doesn't
introduce any behavior difference.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;htejun@gmail.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>libata annotations</title>
<updated>2008-04-17T19:44:20+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Al Viro</name>
<email>viro@ftp.linux.org.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2008-03-25T05:18:11+00:00</published>
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Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik &lt;jeff@garzik.org&gt;
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Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik &lt;jeff@garzik.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>pata_scc: fix compile warning</title>
<updated>2008-04-17T19:44:19+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tejun Heo</name>
<email>htejun@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2008-03-27T10:44:24+00:00</published>
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Missed one during mass conversion (dc14c0c5).  Fix it.  Spotted by
Stephen Rothwell.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;htejun@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Stephen Rothwell &lt;sfr@canb.auug.org.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik &lt;jeff@garzik.org&gt;
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Missed one during mass conversion (dc14c0c5).  Fix it.  Spotted by
Stephen Rothwell.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;htejun@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Stephen Rothwell &lt;sfr@canb.auug.org.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik &lt;jeff@garzik.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>libata: kill ata_chk_status()</title>
<updated>2008-04-17T19:44:18+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tejun Heo</name>
<email>htejun@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2008-03-25T13:16:44+00:00</published>
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ata_chk_status() just calls ops-&gt;check_status and it only adds
confusion with other status functions.  Kill it.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;htejun@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik &lt;jeff@garzik.org&gt;
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ata_chk_status() just calls ops-&gt;check_status and it only adds
confusion with other status functions.  Kill it.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;htejun@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik &lt;jeff@garzik.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>libata: make reset related methods proper port operations</title>
<updated>2008-04-17T19:44:18+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tejun Heo</name>
<email>htejun@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2008-03-25T03:22:50+00:00</published>
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Currently reset methods are not specified directly in the
ata_port_operations table.  If a LLD wants to use custom reset
methods, it should construct and use a error_handler which uses those
reset methods.  It's done this way for two reasons.

First, the ops table already contained too many methods and adding
four more of them would noticeably increase the amount of necessary
boilerplate code all over low level drivers.

Second, as -&gt;error_handler uses those reset methods, it can get
confusing.  ie. By overriding -&gt;error_handler, those reset ops can be
made useless making layering a bit hazy.

Now that ops table uses inheritance, the first problem doesn't exist
anymore.  The second isn't completely solved but is relieved by
providing default values - most drivers can just override what it has
implemented and don't have to concern itself about higher level
callbacks.  In fact, there currently is no driver which actually
modifies error handling behavior.  Drivers which override
-&gt;error_handler just wraps the standard error handler only to prepare
the controller for EH.  I don't think making ops layering strict has
any noticeable benefit.

This patch makes -&gt;prereset, -&gt;softreset, -&gt;hardreset, -&gt;postreset and
their PMP counterparts propoer ops.  Default ops are provided in the
base ops tables and drivers are converted to override individual reset
methods instead of creating custom error_handler.

* ata_std_error_handler() doesn't use sata_std_hardreset() if SCRs
  aren't accessible.  sata_promise doesn't need to use separate
  error_handlers for PATA and SATA anymore.

* softreset is broken for sata_inic162x and sata_sx4.  As libata now
  always prefers hardreset, this doesn't really matter but the ops are
  forced to NULL using ATA_OP_NULL for documentation purpose.

* pata_hpt374 needs to use different prereset for the first and second
  PCI functions.  This used to be done by branching from
  hpt374_error_handler().  The proper way to do this is to use
  separate ops and port_info tables for each function.  Converted.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;htejun@gmail.com&gt;
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Currently reset methods are not specified directly in the
ata_port_operations table.  If a LLD wants to use custom reset
methods, it should construct and use a error_handler which uses those
reset methods.  It's done this way for two reasons.

First, the ops table already contained too many methods and adding
four more of them would noticeably increase the amount of necessary
boilerplate code all over low level drivers.

Second, as -&gt;error_handler uses those reset methods, it can get
confusing.  ie. By overriding -&gt;error_handler, those reset ops can be
made useless making layering a bit hazy.

Now that ops table uses inheritance, the first problem doesn't exist
anymore.  The second isn't completely solved but is relieved by
providing default values - most drivers can just override what it has
implemented and don't have to concern itself about higher level
callbacks.  In fact, there currently is no driver which actually
modifies error handling behavior.  Drivers which override
-&gt;error_handler just wraps the standard error handler only to prepare
the controller for EH.  I don't think making ops layering strict has
any noticeable benefit.

This patch makes -&gt;prereset, -&gt;softreset, -&gt;hardreset, -&gt;postreset and
their PMP counterparts propoer ops.  Default ops are provided in the
base ops tables and drivers are converted to override individual reset
methods instead of creating custom error_handler.

* ata_std_error_handler() doesn't use sata_std_hardreset() if SCRs
  aren't accessible.  sata_promise doesn't need to use separate
  error_handlers for PATA and SATA anymore.

* softreset is broken for sata_inic162x and sata_sx4.  As libata now
  always prefers hardreset, this doesn't really matter but the ops are
  forced to NULL using ATA_OP_NULL for documentation purpose.

* pata_hpt374 needs to use different prereset for the first and second
  PCI functions.  This used to be done by branching from
  hpt374_error_handler().  The proper way to do this is to use
  separate ops and port_info tables for each function.  Converted.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;htejun@gmail.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>libata: implement and use ops inheritance</title>
<updated>2008-04-17T19:44:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tejun Heo</name>
<email>htejun@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2008-03-25T03:22:49+00:00</published>
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libata lets low level drivers build ata_port_operations table and
register it with libata core layer.  This allows low level drivers
high level of flexibility but also burdens them with lots of
boilerplate entries.

This becomes worse for drivers which support related similar
controllers which differ slightly.  They share most of the operations
except for a few.  However, the driver still needs to list all
operations for each variant.  This results in large number of
duplicate entries, which is not only inefficient but also error-prone
as it becomes very difficult to tell what the actual differences are.

This duplicate boilerplates all over the low level drivers also make
updating the core layer exteremely difficult and error-prone.  When
compounded with multi-branched development model, it ends up
accumulating inconsistencies over time.  Some of those inconsistencies
cause immediate problems and fixed.  Others just remain there dormant
making maintenance increasingly difficult.

To rectify the problem, this patch implements ata_port_operations
inheritance.  To allow LLDs to easily re-use their own ops tables
overriding only specific methods, this patch implements poor man's
class inheritance.  An ops table has -&gt;inherits field which can be set
to any ops table as long as it doesn't create a loop.  When the host
is started, the inheritance chain is followed and any operation which
isn't specified is taken from the nearest ancestor which has it
specified.  This operation is called finalization and done only once
per an ops table and the LLD doesn't have to do anything special about
it other than making the ops table non-const such that libata can
update it.

libata provides four base ops tables lower drivers can inherit from -
base, sata, pmp, sff and bmdma.  To avoid overriding these ops
accidentaly, these ops are declared const and LLDs should always
inherit these instead of using them directly.

After finalization, all the ops table are identical before and after
the patch except for setting .irq_handler to ata_interrupt in drivers
which didn't use to.  The .irq_handler doesn't have any actual effect
and the field will soon be removed by later patch.

* sata_sx4 is still using old style EH and currently doesn't take
  advantage of ops inheritance.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;htejun@gmail.com&gt;
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libata lets low level drivers build ata_port_operations table and
register it with libata core layer.  This allows low level drivers
high level of flexibility but also burdens them with lots of
boilerplate entries.

This becomes worse for drivers which support related similar
controllers which differ slightly.  They share most of the operations
except for a few.  However, the driver still needs to list all
operations for each variant.  This results in large number of
duplicate entries, which is not only inefficient but also error-prone
as it becomes very difficult to tell what the actual differences are.

This duplicate boilerplates all over the low level drivers also make
updating the core layer exteremely difficult and error-prone.  When
compounded with multi-branched development model, it ends up
accumulating inconsistencies over time.  Some of those inconsistencies
cause immediate problems and fixed.  Others just remain there dormant
making maintenance increasingly difficult.

To rectify the problem, this patch implements ata_port_operations
inheritance.  To allow LLDs to easily re-use their own ops tables
overriding only specific methods, this patch implements poor man's
class inheritance.  An ops table has -&gt;inherits field which can be set
to any ops table as long as it doesn't create a loop.  When the host
is started, the inheritance chain is followed and any operation which
isn't specified is taken from the nearest ancestor which has it
specified.  This operation is called finalization and done only once
per an ops table and the LLD doesn't have to do anything special about
it other than making the ops table non-const such that libata can
update it.

libata provides four base ops tables lower drivers can inherit from -
base, sata, pmp, sff and bmdma.  To avoid overriding these ops
accidentaly, these ops are declared const and LLDs should always
inherit these instead of using them directly.

After finalization, all the ops table are identical before and after
the patch except for setting .irq_handler to ata_interrupt in drivers
which didn't use to.  The .irq_handler doesn't have any actual effect
and the field will soon be removed by later patch.

* sata_sx4 is still using old style EH and currently doesn't take
  advantage of ops inheritance.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;htejun@gmail.com&gt;
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