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-rw-r--r--drivers/ata/libata-core.c18
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index ea8c07b04f2..2116f279458 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -751,10 +751,20 @@ unsigned int ata_dev_try_classify(struct ata_device *dev, int present,
/* determine if device is ATA or ATAPI */
class = ata_dev_classify(&tf);
- if (class == ATA_DEV_UNKNOWN)
- return ATA_DEV_NONE;
- if ((class == ATA_DEV_ATA) && (ata_chk_status(ap) == 0))
- return ATA_DEV_NONE;
+ if (class == ATA_DEV_UNKNOWN) {
+ /* If the device failed diagnostic, it's likely to
+ * have reported incorrect device signature too.
+ * Assume ATA device if the device seems present but
+ * device signature is invalid with diagnostic
+ * failure.
+ */
+ if (present && (dev->horkage & ATA_HORKAGE_DIAGNOSTIC))
+ class = ATA_DEV_ATA;
+ else
+ class = ATA_DEV_NONE;
+ } else if ((class == ATA_DEV_ATA) && (ata_chk_status(ap) == 0))
+ class = ATA_DEV_NONE;
+
return class;
}