Hey there,
We are doing some works on DM8168 SATA. As knows from datasheet, the SATA on Netra is AHCI compatible. While in the source code (kernel), we found it is registered as a platform device with "AHCI" after some basic init.
However, when we look into the code, the register defined in "ahci.h" is not complete compatible to that in datasheet. See as below:
We have the
HOST_EM_LOC = 0x1c, /* Enclosure Management location */
HOST_EM_CTL = 0x20, /* Enclosure Management Control */
in our source code. But there are no discription in the DM8168 datasheet.
And also the HOST_CAP register, in the datasheet, its 16th bit is said to be reserved. But here we can see that the source code used this bit for some kind of use:
HOST_CAP_FBS
/* global controller registers */
HOST_CAP = 0x00, /* host capabilities */
HOST_CTL = 0x04, /* global host control */
HOST_IRQ_STAT = 0x08, /* interrupt status */
HOST_PORTS_IMPL = 0x0c, /* bitmap of implemented ports */
HOST_VERSION = 0x10, /* AHCI spec. version compliancy */
HOST_EM_LOC = 0x1c, /* Enclosure Management location */
HOST_EM_CTL = 0x20, /* Enclosure Management Control */
HOST_CAP2 = 0x24, /* host capabilities, extended */
/* HOST_CAP bits */
HOST_CAP_SXS = (1 << 5), /* Supports External SATA */
HOST_CAP_EMS = (1 << 6), /* Enclosure Management support */
HOST_CAP_CCC = (1 << 7), /* Command Completion Coalescing */
HOST_CAP_PART = (1 << 13), /* Partial state capable */
HOST_CAP_SSC = (1 << 14), /* Slumber state capable */
HOST_CAP_PIO_MULTI = (1 << 15), /* PIO multiple DRQ support */
HOST_CAP_FBS = (1 << 16), /* FIS-based switching support */
HOST_CAP_PMP = (1 << 17), /* Port Multiplier support */
HOST_CAP_ONLY = (1 << 18), /* Supports AHCI mode only */
HOST_CAP_CLO = (1 << 24), /* Command List Override support */
HOST_CAP_LED = (1 << 25), /* Supports activity LED */
HOST_CAP_ALPM = (1 << 26), /* Aggressive Link PM support */
HOST_CAP_SSS = (1 << 27), /* Staggered Spin-up */
HOST_CAP_MPS = (1 << 28), /* Mechanical presence switch */
HOST_CAP_SNTF = (1 << 29), /* SNotification register */
HOST_CAP_NCQ = (1 << 30), /* Native Command Queueing */
HOST_CAP_64 = (1 << 31), /* PCI DAC (64-bit DMA) support */
I am a little confused about this, and maybe someone can offer me some help.
Thank you in advance....
