In real ISA operation, register writes go out to an entire bus channel and all listening devices receive the write. The devices do not toggle the DEV bit based on their own configuration, nor does the HBA intermediate or tamper with that value.
The reality of the matter is that DEV0/DEV1 accordingly will react to command register writes based on whether or not the device was selected. This does not fix a known bug, but it makes the code slightly simpler and more obvious. Signed-off-by: John Snow <js...@redhat.com> --- hw/ide/core.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/hw/ide/core.c b/hw/ide/core.c index 84499e2241c..29dc5dc4b45 100644 --- a/hw/ide/core.c +++ b/hw/ide/core.c @@ -1297,8 +1297,8 @@ void ide_ioport_write(void *opaque, uint32_t addr, uint32_t val) break; case ATA_IOPORT_WR_DEVICE_HEAD: /* FIXME: HOB readback uses bit 7 */ - bus->ifs[0].select = (val & ~0x10) | 0xa0; - bus->ifs[1].select = (val | 0x10) | 0xa0; + bus->ifs[0].select = val | 0xa0; + bus->ifs[1].select = val | 0xa0; /* select drive */ bus->unit = (val >> 4) & 1; break; -- 2.26.2