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-rw-r--r--drivers/ata/ahci.c12
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/ata/ahci.c b/drivers/ata/ahci.c
index b34390347c1..a6a736a7dbf 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/ahci.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/ahci.c
@@ -3082,8 +3082,16 @@ static int ahci_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
ahci_save_initial_config(pdev, hpriv);
/* prepare host */
- if (hpriv->cap & HOST_CAP_NCQ)
- pi.flags |= ATA_FLAG_NCQ | ATA_FLAG_FPDMA_AA;
+ if (hpriv->cap & HOST_CAP_NCQ) {
+ pi.flags |= ATA_FLAG_NCQ;
+ /* Auto-activate optimization is supposed to be supported on
+ all AHCI controllers indicating NCQ support, but it seems
+ to be broken at least on some NVIDIA MCP79 chipsets.
+ Until we get info on which NVIDIA chipsets don't have this
+ issue, if any, disable AA on all NVIDIA AHCIs. */
+ if (pdev->vendor != PCI_VENDOR_ID_NVIDIA)
+ pi.flags |= ATA_FLAG_FPDMA_AA;
+ }
if (hpriv->cap & HOST_CAP_PMP)
pi.flags |= ATA_FLAG_PMP;