From 3d977760b9478538821a75dd5eb74d0f2a2b01e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ralf Baechle Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:32:16 +0200 Subject: Swarm: Fix crash due to missing initialization If things are just right this will result in the hws[0]->parent being passed to ide_host_add() being non-zero and an ooops a little later. Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz --- drivers/ide/mips/swarm.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'drivers') diff --git a/drivers/ide/mips/swarm.c b/drivers/ide/mips/swarm.c index badf79fc9e3..39c9ee99585 100644 --- a/drivers/ide/mips/swarm.c +++ b/drivers/ide/mips/swarm.c @@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ static int __devinit swarm_ide_probe(struct device *dev) base = ioremap(offset, size); + memset(&hw, 0, sizeof(hw)); for (i = 0; i <= 7; i++) hw.io_ports_array[i] = (unsigned long)(base + ((0x1f0 + i) << 5)); -- cgit v1.2.3 From 801bd32e205ca6ef78dcaf80121f1eccb89b8c1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Borislav Petkov Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:32:17 +0200 Subject: ide-tape: fix vendor strings Remove superfluous two bytes from each string buffer and add proper length format specifiers. Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov Tested-by: Mark de Wever Acked-by: Sergei Shtylyov Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz --- drivers/ide/ide-tape.c | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers') diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c index 1bce84b5663..3833189144e 100644 --- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c +++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c @@ -2338,7 +2338,7 @@ static void idetape_get_inquiry_results(ide_drive_t *drive) { idetape_tape_t *tape = drive->driver_data; struct ide_atapi_pc pc; - char fw_rev[6], vendor_id[10], product_id[18]; + char fw_rev[4], vendor_id[8], product_id[16]; idetape_create_inquiry_cmd(&pc); if (idetape_queue_pc_tail(drive, &pc)) { @@ -2350,11 +2350,11 @@ static void idetape_get_inquiry_results(ide_drive_t *drive) memcpy(product_id, &pc.buf[16], 16); memcpy(fw_rev, &pc.buf[32], 4); - ide_fixstring(vendor_id, 10, 0); - ide_fixstring(product_id, 18, 0); - ide_fixstring(fw_rev, 6, 0); + ide_fixstring(vendor_id, 8, 0); + ide_fixstring(product_id, 16, 0); + ide_fixstring(fw_rev, 4, 0); - printk(KERN_INFO "ide-tape: %s <-> %s: %s %s rev %s\n", + printk(KERN_INFO "ide-tape: %s <-> %s: %.8s %.16s rev %.4s\n", drive->name, tape->name, vendor_id, product_id, fw_rev); } -- cgit v1.2.3 From 278ecfb8f4100c0edc2bc77695b591ea16388829 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tejun Heo Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:32:17 +0200 Subject: ide: note that IDE generic may prevent other drivers from attaching Enabling IDE generic may prevent ATA controllers located on legacy ports from being attached to more proper driver or can prevent other controllers which share the IRQ from working. Note it in the help message. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo Cc: xerces8 Cc: Jeff Garzik Cc: stein@hermes.si [bart: s/will grab/may grab/ since Borislav has fixed PCI-case for .28] Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz --- drivers/ide/Kconfig | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) (limited to 'drivers') diff --git a/drivers/ide/Kconfig b/drivers/ide/Kconfig index fc735ab08ff..8e93a797c93 100644 --- a/drivers/ide/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/ide/Kconfig @@ -292,6 +292,20 @@ config IDE_GENERIC tristate "generic/default IDE chipset support" depends on ALPHA || X86 || IA64 || M32R || MIPS help + This is the generic IDE driver. This driver attaches to the + fixed legacy ports (e.g. on PCs 0x1f0/0x170, 0x1e8/0x168 and + so on). Please note that if this driver is built into the + kernel or loaded before other ATA (IDE or libata) drivers + and the controller is located at legacy ports, this driver + may grab those ports and thus can prevent the controller + specific driver from attaching. + + Also, currently, IDE generic doesn't allow IRQ sharing + meaning that the IRQs it grabs won't be available to other + controllers sharing those IRQs which usually makes drivers + for those controllers fail. Generally, it's not a good idea + to load IDE generic driver on modern systems. + If unsure, say N. config BLK_DEV_PLATFORM -- cgit v1.2.3