USB: mass storage: emulation of sat scsi_pass_thru with ATACB

I have got a cypress usb-ide bridge and I would like to tune or monitor
my disk with tools like hdparm, hddtemp or smartctl.

My controller support a way to send raw ATA command to the disk with
something call atacb (see
http://download.cypress.com.edgesuite.net/design_resources/datasheets/contents/cy7c68300c_8.pdf).

Atacb support can be added for each application, but there is some disadvantages :
- all application need to be patched
- A race is possible if there other accesses, because the emulation can
be split in 2 atacb scsi transactions. One for sending the command, one
for reading the register (if ck_cond is set). 

I have implemented the emulation in usb-storage with a special proto_handler,
and an unsual entry.

Signed-off-by: Matthieu CASTET <castet.matthieu@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Matthew Dharm <mdharm-usb@one-eyed-alien.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/cypress_atacb.h b/drivers/usb/storage/cypress_atacb.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbada89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/cypress_atacb.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Support for emulating SAT (ata pass through) on devices based
+ *       on the Cypress USB/ATA bridge supporting ATACB.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2008 Matthieu Castet (castet.matthieu@free.fr)
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
+ * later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _CYPRESS_ATACB_H_
+#define _CYPRESS_ATACB_H_
+extern void cypress_atacb_passthrough(struct scsi_cmnd*, struct us_data*);
+#endif