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-rw-r--r--drivers/ata/sata_mv.c18
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c b/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c
index 75fde48e1a7..28092bc5014 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c
@@ -1595,6 +1595,24 @@ static unsigned int mv_qc_issue(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
if ((qc->tf.protocol != ATA_PROT_DMA) &&
(qc->tf.protocol != ATA_PROT_NCQ)) {
+ static int limit_warnings = 10;
+ /*
+ * Errata SATA#16, SATA#24: warn if multiple DRQs expected.
+ *
+ * Someday, we might implement special polling workarounds
+ * for these, but it all seems rather unnecessary since we
+ * normally use only DMA for commands which transfer more
+ * than a single block of data.
+ *
+ * Much of the time, this could just work regardless.
+ * So for now, just log the incident, and allow the attempt.
+ */
+ if (limit_warnings && (qc->nbytes / qc->sect_size) > 1) {
+ --limit_warnings;
+ ata_link_printk(qc->dev->link, KERN_WARNING, DRV_NAME
+ ": attempting PIO w/multiple DRQ: "
+ "this may fail due to h/w errata\n");
+ }
/*
* We're about to send a non-EDMA capable command to the
* port. Turn off EDMA so there won't be problems accessing