libata: improve HPA error handling
There's no point in retrying and eventually failing device detection
when the device rejects READ_NATIVE_MAX[_EXT]. Disable HPA unlocking
if READ_NATIVE_MAX[_EXT] is rejected as done when SET_MAX[_EXT] is
rejected.
This allows some old drives to work even if they aren't blacklisted.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index c9c5280..c4248b3 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -1416,12 +1416,12 @@
/* read native max address */
rc = ata_read_native_max_address(dev, &native_sectors);
if (rc) {
- /* If HPA isn't going to be unlocked, skip HPA
- * resizing from the next try.
+ /* If device aborted the command or HPA isn't going to
+ * be unlocked, skip HPA resizing.
*/
- if (!ata_ignore_hpa) {
+ if (rc == -EACCES || !ata_ignore_hpa) {
ata_dev_printk(dev, KERN_WARNING, "HPA support seems "
- "broken, will skip HPA handling\n");
+ "broken, skipping HPA handling\n");
dev->horkage |= ATA_HORKAGE_BROKEN_HPA;
/* we can continue if device aborted the command */