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    [PATCH] scan all enabled ports on ata_piix · 6a690df5
    Hannes Reinecke authored
    ICH6 spec defines the PORT_ bits as:
    
    PORT_ENABLED (R/W):
    
      0 = Disabled.  The port is in the off state and cannot detect any
      devices.
    
      1 = Enabled.  The port can transition between the on, partial, and
      slumber states and can detect devices.
    
    PORT_PRESENT  (R/O)
    
      The status of this bit may change at any time.  This bit is cleared
      when the port is disabled via PORT_ENABLED.  This bit is not cleared upon
      surprise removal of a device.
    
    So from a textual view it is not necessary that PORT_PRESENT _must_ be set,
    especially if a device detection has to be done anyway.  And, in fact, this
    is the view that ACER has been taken with its new Laptops (e.g.  Travelmate
    4150).
    
    And the definition of PORT_ENABLED / PORT_PRESENT is mixed up, btw.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarHannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
    Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
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