sata_mv does not yet fully support hotplug (coming soon, though).
This means that the driver may not find a Silicon Image port-multiplier
when first loaded, because those devices take in exceess of 3 seconds
to sync up the SATA PHY (most devices do this in mere microseconds).
So, as a short-term interim measure, here we insert a 3-second pause
on initial driver load, once per controller board (not once per port!),
to allow the Silicon Image port-multipliers to be detected later.
This will be removed again (soon!) once hotplug is fully implemented/working.
Signed-off-by: Mark Lord <mlord@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
printk(KERN_ERR DRV_NAME ": can't clear global reset\n");
rc = 1;
}
+ /*
+ * Temporary: wait 3 seconds before port-probing can happen,
+ * so that we don't miss finding sleepy SilXXXX port-multipliers.
+ * This can go away once hotplug is fully/correctly implemented.
+ */
+ if (rc == 0)
+ msleep(3000);
done:
return rc;
}