Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:44:24 -0800 From: Maksim Yevmenkin <emax@freebsd.org> To: Alexander Motin <mav@freebsd.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC] ahci(4) patch Message-ID: <CAFPOs6qyC%2B_8CrxyoCpXBOTTXbgo=vozLNSzHhsH4Hw=jgvERg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4EC43ABA.7060407@FreeBSD.org> References: <CAFPOs6rU6AKeTNzKhaqxktDb9CN=g-EDMLf2%2Bcyvhq772SymjA@mail.gmail.com> <4EC43ABA.7060407@FreeBSD.org>
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On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Alexander Motin <mav@freebsd.org> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> On 16.11.2011 23:59, Maksim Yevmenkin wrote:
>>
>> would anyone object to the following ahci(4) patch?
>>
>> ==
>>
>> --- ahci.c.orig 2011-11-16 21:35:26.000000000 +0000
>> +++ ahci.c 2011-11-16 21:35:41.000000000 +0000
>> @@ -500,7 +500,7 @@
>> for (unit = 0; unit< ctlr->channels; unit++) {
>> if ((ctlr->ichannels& (1<< unit)) == 0)
>> continue;
>> - child = device_add_child(dev, "ahcich", -1);
>> + child = device_add_child(dev, "ahcich", unit);
>> if (child == NULL)
>> device_printf(dev, "failed to add channel
>> device\n");
>> else
>>
>> ==
>>
>> the idea is to have "static" numbering for ada(4) disks.
>
> I do. The only way I see this useful is if you have BIOS configured for
> non-hot-swappable disks, in which case you have some AHCI channels disabled,
> but want to keep numbers of the rest. While I don't like this mode in
> general, especially when it can't be disabled, that patch could be useful in
> these cases. But in other cases, when you have several AHCI controllers, it
> just wont not work. You will receive error on attempt to create second
> ahcich0.
shouldn't achcichX be destroyed when disk is detached/removed/etc.?
the particular problem i'm trying to address is disk re-numbering when
one of the disks fails/removed/etc. i'm trying to use hints to wire
disks to controllers/busses. it works perfectly fine with da(4) disks
(even hot swappable ones) , but i can not make it to work with ada(4)
disks. i'm perfectly fine to hid this under some sort of option
(something similar to ATA_STATIC_ID, AHCI_STATIC_ID for example)
thanks,
max
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