From d8ab3c8b69ba3922b06e077c39ffc4dbcbeabe64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tejun Heo Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 16:53:36 -0400 Subject: libata: make it clear that sata_inic162x is experimental commit bb9696192826a7d9279caf872e95b41bc26c7eff upstream. sata_inic162x never reached a state where it's reliable enough for production use and data corruption is a relatively common occurrence. Make the driver generate warning about the issues and mark the Kconfig option as experimental. If the situation doesn't improve, we'd be better off making it depend on CONFIG_BROKEN. Let's wait for several cycles and see if the kernel message draws any attention. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo Reported-by: Martin Braure de Calignon Reported-by: Ben Hutchings Reported-by: risc4all@yahoo.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/ata/Kconfig | 2 +- drivers/ata/sata_inic162x.c | 14 ++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'drivers/ata') diff --git a/drivers/ata/Kconfig b/drivers/ata/Kconfig index 75afa75a515..34575fb756c 100644 --- a/drivers/ata/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/ata/Kconfig @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ config SATA_FSL If unsure, say N. config SATA_INIC162X - tristate "Initio 162x SATA support" + tristate "Initio 162x SATA support (Very Experimental)" depends on PCI help This option enables support for Initio 162x Serial ATA. diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_inic162x.c b/drivers/ata/sata_inic162x.c index 83a44471b18..15391ee348f 100644 --- a/drivers/ata/sata_inic162x.c +++ b/drivers/ata/sata_inic162x.c @@ -6,6 +6,18 @@ * * This file is released under GPL v2. * + * **** WARNING **** + * + * This driver never worked properly and unfortunately data corruption is + * relatively common. There isn't anyone working on the driver and there's + * no support from the vendor. Do not use this driver in any production + * environment. + * + * http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.bugs.rc/378525/focus=54491 + * https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60565 + * + * ***************** + * * This controller is eccentric and easily locks up if something isn't * right. Documentation is available at initio's website but it only * documents registers (not programming model). @@ -810,6 +822,8 @@ static int inic_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent) if (!printed_version++) dev_printk(KERN_DEBUG, &pdev->dev, "version " DRV_VERSION "\n"); + dev_alert(&pdev->dev, "inic162x support is broken with common data corruption issues and will be disabled by default, contact linux-ide@vger.kernel.org if in production use\n"); + /* alloc host */ host = ata_host_alloc_pinfo(&pdev->dev, ppi, NR_PORTS); hpriv = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*hpriv), GFP_KERNEL); -- cgit v1.2.3