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    libata: prefer hardreset · cf480626
    Tejun Heo authored
    
    
    When both soft and hard resets are available, libata preferred
    softreset till now.  The logic behind it was to be softer to devices;
    however, this doesn't really help much.  Rationales for the change:
    
    * BIOS may freeze lock certain things during boot and softreset can't
      unlock those.  This by itself is okay but during operation PHY event
      or other error conditions can trigger hardreset and the device may
      end up with different configuration.
    
      For example, after a hardreset, previously unlockable HPA can be
      unlocked resulting in different device size and thus revalidation
      failure.  Similar condition can occur during or after resume.
    
    * Certain ATAPI devices require hardreset to recover after certain
      error conditions.  On PATA, this is done by issuing the DEVICE RESET
      command.  On SATA, COMRESET has equivalent effect.  The problem is
      that DEVICE RESET needs its own execution protocol.
    
      For SFF controllers with bare TF access, it can be easily
      implemented but more advanced controllers (e.g. ahci and sata_sil24)
      require specialized implementations.  Simply using hardreset solves
      the problem nicely.
    
    * COMRESET initialization sequence is the norm in SATA land and many
      SATA devices don't work properly if only SRST is used.  For example,
      some PMPs behave this way and libata works around by always issuing
      hardreset if the host supports PMP.
    
      Like the above example, libata has developed a number of mechanisms
      aiming to promote softreset to hardreset if softreset is not going
      to work.  This approach is time consuming and error prone.
    
      Also, note that, dependingon how you read the specs, it could be
      argued that PMP fan-out ports require COMRESET to start operation.
      In fact, all the PMPs on the market except one don't work properly
      if COMRESET is not issued to fan-out ports after PMP reset.
    
    * COMRESET is an integral part of SATA connection and any working
      device should be able to handle COMRESET properly.  After all, it's
      the way to signal hardreset during reboot.  This is the most used
      and recommended (at least by the ahci spec) method of resetting
      devices.
    
    So, this patch makes libata prefer hardreset over softreset by making
    the following changes.
    
    * Rename ATA_EH_RESET_MASK to ATA_EH_RESET and use it whereever
      ATA_EH_{SOFT|HARD}RESET used to be used.  ATA_EH_{SOFT|HARD}RESET is
      now only used to tell prereset whether soft or hard reset will be
      issued.
    
    * Strip out now unneeded promote-to-hardreset logics from
      ata_eh_reset(), ata_std_prereset(), sata_pmp_std_prereset() and
      other places.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarTejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
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