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5 <book id="libataDevGuide">
7 <title>libATA Developer's Guide</title>
11 <firstname>Jeff</firstname>
12 <surname>Garzik</surname>
17 <year>2003-2005</year>
18 <holder>Jeff Garzik</holder>
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47 <chapter id="libataIntroduction">
48 <title>Introduction</title>
50 libATA is a library used inside the Linux kernel to support ATA host
51 controllers and devices. libATA provides an ATA driver API, class
52 transports for ATA and ATAPI devices, and SCSI<->ATA translation
53 for ATA devices according to the T10 SAT specification.
56 This Guide documents the libATA driver API, library functions, library
57 internals, and a couple sample ATA low-level drivers.
61 <chapter id="libataDriverApi">
62 <title>libata Driver API</title>
64 struct ata_port_operations is defined for every low-level libata
65 hardware driver, and it controls how the low-level driver
66 interfaces with the ATA and SCSI layers.
69 FIS-based drivers will hook into the system with ->qc_prep() and
70 ->qc_issue() high-level hooks. Hardware which behaves in a manner
71 similar to PCI IDE hardware may utilize several generic helpers,
72 defining at a bare minimum the bus I/O addresses of the ATA shadow
76 <title>struct ata_port_operations</title>
78 <sect2><title>Disable ATA port</title>
80 void (*port_disable) (struct ata_port *);
84 Called from ata_bus_probe() and ata_bus_reset() error paths,
85 as well as when unregistering from the SCSI module (rmmod, hot
91 <sect2><title>Post-IDENTIFY device configuration</title>
93 void (*dev_config) (struct ata_port *, struct ata_device *);
97 Called after IDENTIFY [PACKET] DEVICE is issued to each device
98 found. Typically used to apply device-specific fixups prior to
99 issue of SET FEATURES - XFER MODE, and prior to operation.
104 <sect2><title>Set PIO/DMA mode</title>
106 void (*set_piomode) (struct ata_port *, struct ata_device *);
107 void (*set_dmamode) (struct ata_port *, struct ata_device *);
108 void (*post_set_mode) (struct ata_port *ap);
112 Hooks called prior to the issue of SET FEATURES - XFER MODE
113 command. dev->pio_mode is guaranteed to be valid when
114 ->set_piomode() is called, and dev->dma_mode is guaranteed to be
115 valid when ->set_dmamode() is called. ->post_set_mode() is
116 called unconditionally, after the SET FEATURES - XFER MODE
117 command completes successfully.
121 ->set_piomode() is always called (if present), but
122 ->set_dma_mode() is only called if DMA is possible.
127 <sect2><title>Taskfile read/write</title>
129 void (*tf_load) (struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf);
130 void (*tf_read) (struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf);
134 ->tf_load() is called to load the given taskfile into hardware
135 registers / DMA buffers. ->tf_read() is called to read the
136 hardware registers / DMA buffers, to obtain the current set of
137 taskfile register values.
142 <sect2><title>ATA command execute</title>
144 void (*exec_command)(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf);
148 causes an ATA command, previously loaded with
149 ->tf_load(), to be initiated in hardware.
154 <sect2><title>Per-cmd ATAPI DMA capabilities filter</title>
156 int (*check_atapi_dma) (struct ata_queued_cmd *qc);
160 Allow low-level driver to filter ATA PACKET commands, returning a status
161 indicating whether or not it is OK to use DMA for the supplied PACKET
167 <sect2><title>Read specific ATA shadow registers</title>
169 u8 (*check_status)(struct ata_port *ap);
170 u8 (*check_altstatus)(struct ata_port *ap);
171 u8 (*check_err)(struct ata_port *ap);
175 Reads the Status/AltStatus/Error ATA shadow register from
176 hardware. On some hardware, reading the Status register has
177 the side effect of clearing the interrupt condition.
182 <sect2><title>Select ATA device on bus</title>
184 void (*dev_select)(struct ata_port *ap, unsigned int device);
188 Issues the low-level hardware command(s) that causes one of N
189 hardware devices to be considered 'selected' (active and
190 available for use) on the ATA bus. This generally has no
191 meaning on FIS-based devices.
196 <sect2><title>Reset ATA bus</title>
198 void (*phy_reset) (struct ata_port *ap);
202 The very first step in the probe phase. Actions vary depending
203 on the bus type, typically. After waking up the device and probing
204 for device presence (PATA and SATA), typically a soft reset
205 (SRST) will be performed. Drivers typically use the helper
206 functions ata_bus_reset() or sata_phy_reset() for this hook.
211 <sect2><title>Control PCI IDE BMDMA engine</title>
213 void (*bmdma_setup) (struct ata_queued_cmd *qc);
214 void (*bmdma_start) (struct ata_queued_cmd *qc);
215 void (*bmdma_stop) (struct ata_port *ap);
216 u8 (*bmdma_status) (struct ata_port *ap);
220 When setting up an IDE BMDMA transaction, these hooks arm
221 (->bmdma_setup), fire (->bmdma_start), and halt (->bmdma_stop)
222 the hardware's DMA engine. ->bmdma_status is used to read the standard
223 PCI IDE DMA Status register.
227 These hooks are typically either no-ops, or simply not implemented, in
233 <sect2><title>High-level taskfile hooks</title>
235 void (*qc_prep) (struct ata_queued_cmd *qc);
236 int (*qc_issue) (struct ata_queued_cmd *qc);
240 Higher-level hooks, these two hooks can potentially supercede
241 several of the above taskfile/DMA engine hooks. ->qc_prep is
242 called after the buffers have been DMA-mapped, and is typically
243 used to populate the hardware's DMA scatter-gather table.
244 Most drivers use the standard ata_qc_prep() helper function, but
245 more advanced drivers roll their own.
248 ->qc_issue is used to make a command active, once the hardware
249 and S/G tables have been prepared. IDE BMDMA drivers use the
250 helper function ata_qc_issue_prot() for taskfile protocol-based
251 dispatch. More advanced drivers implement their own ->qc_issue.
256 <sect2><title>Timeout (error) handling</title>
258 void (*eng_timeout) (struct ata_port *ap);
262 This is a high level error handling function, called from the
263 error handling thread, when a command times out. Most newer
264 hardware will implement its own error handling code here. IDE BMDMA
265 drivers may use the helper function ata_eng_timeout().
270 <sect2><title>Hardware interrupt handling</title>
272 irqreturn_t (*irq_handler)(int, void *, struct pt_regs *);
273 void (*irq_clear) (struct ata_port *);
277 ->irq_handler is the interrupt handling routine registered with
278 the system, by libata. ->irq_clear is called during probe just
279 before the interrupt handler is registered, to be sure hardware
285 <sect2><title>SATA phy read/write</title>
287 u32 (*scr_read) (struct ata_port *ap, unsigned int sc_reg);
288 void (*scr_write) (struct ata_port *ap, unsigned int sc_reg,
293 Read and write standard SATA phy registers. Currently only used
294 if ->phy_reset hook called the sata_phy_reset() helper function.
299 <sect2><title>Init and shutdown</title>
301 int (*port_start) (struct ata_port *ap);
302 void (*port_stop) (struct ata_port *ap);
303 void (*host_stop) (struct ata_host_set *host_set);
307 ->port_start() is called just after the data structures for each
308 port are initialized. Typically this is used to alloc per-port
309 DMA buffers / tables / rings, enable DMA engines, and similar
313 ->port_stop() is called after ->host_stop(). It's sole function
314 is to release DMA/memory resources, now that they are no longer
318 ->host_stop() is called after all ->port_stop() calls
319 have completed. The hook must finalize hardware shutdown, release DMA
320 and other resources, etc.
328 <chapter id="libataExt">
329 <title>libata Library</title>
330 !Edrivers/scsi/libata-core.c
333 <chapter id="libataInt">
334 <title>libata Core Internals</title>
335 !Idrivers/scsi/libata-core.c
338 <chapter id="libataScsiInt">
339 <title>libata SCSI translation/emulation</title>
340 !Edrivers/scsi/libata-scsi.c
341 !Idrivers/scsi/libata-scsi.c
344 <chapter id="PiixInt">
345 <title>ata_piix Internals</title>
346 !Idrivers/scsi/ata_piix.c
349 <chapter id="SILInt">
350 <title>sata_sil Internals</title>
351 !Idrivers/scsi/sata_sil.c
354 <chapter id="libataThanks">
355 <title>Thanks</title>
357 The bulk of the ATA knowledge comes thanks to long conversations with
358 Andre Hedrick (www.linux-ide.org), and long hours pondering the ATA
359 and SCSI specifications.
362 Thanks to Alan Cox for pointing out similarities
363 between SATA and SCSI, and in general for motivation to hack on
367 libata's device detection
368 method, ata_pio_devchk, and in general all the early probing was
369 based on extensive study of Hale Landis's probe/reset code in his
370 ATADRVR driver (www.ata-atapi.com).