This patch appears to solve some problems with commands timing out in
cases where an NCQ command is immediately followed by a non-NCQ command
(or possibly vice versa). This is a rather ugly solution, but until we
know more about why this is needed, this is about all we can do.
Signed-off-by: Robert Hancock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
--- linux-2.6.20-git6edit/drivers/ata/sata_nv.c.before_hacking 2007-02-15
18:19:13.000000000 -0600
+++ linux-2.6.20-git6edit/drivers/ata/sata_nv.c 2007-02-15 22:36:02.000000000
-0600
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@
void __iomem * gen_block;
void __iomem * notifier_clear_block;
u8 flags;
+ int last_issue_ncq;
};
struct nv_host_priv {
@@ -1260,6 +1261,7 @@
{
struct nv_adma_port_priv *pp = qc->ap->private_data;
void __iomem *mmio = pp->ctl_block;
+ int curr_ncq = (qc->tf.protocol == ATA_PROT_NCQ);
VPRINTK("ENTER\n");
@@ -1274,6 +1276,14 @@
/* write append register, command tag in lower 8 bits
and (number of cpbs to append -1) in top 8 bits */
wmb();
+
+ if(curr_ncq != pp->last_issue_ncq) {
+ /* Seems to need some delay before switching between NCQ and
non-NCQ
+ commands, else we get command timeouts and such. */
+ udelay(20);
+ pp->last_issue_ncq = curr_ncq;
+ }
+
writew(qc->tag, mmio + NV_ADMA_APPEND);
DPRINTK("Issued tag %u\n",qc->tag);
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