[Linux-parport] [PATCHv3 2/2] Add force_epp module option for parport_pc.

[Matwey V. Kornilov]

>From cf37d0cc4d51da5c0b368e1f5ab05082c041d1e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Matwey V. Kornilov" <matwey.kornilov at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 01:08:45 +0400
Subject: [PATCHv3 2/2] Add force_epp module option for parport_pc.

The detection of Intel EPP bug is known to produce much false positives.
The new option is introduced to force enable EPP in spite of the test result.

Tested-by: Heiko Andreas Sommer <hsommer at eso.org>
Signed-off-by: Matwey V. Kornilov <matwey at sai.msu.ru>
---
  drivers/parport/parport_pc.c | 9 ++++++++-
  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/parport/parport_pc.c b/drivers/parport/parport_pc.c
index a6eaafb..fb7530d 100644
--- a/drivers/parport/parport_pc.c
+++ b/drivers/parport/parport_pc.c
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ static int user_specified;
         (defined(CONFIG_PARPORT_1284) && defined(CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_FIFO))
  static int verbose_probing;
  #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_PARPORT_1284
+static int force_epp;
+#endif
  static int pci_registered_parport;
  static int pnp_registered_parport;

@@ -1764,7 +1767,7 @@ static int parport_EPP_supported(struct parport *pb)
  		return 0;  /* No way to clear timeout */

  	/* Check for Intel bug. */
-	if (intel_bug_present(pb))
+	if (!force_epp && intel_bug_present(pb))
  		return 0;

  	pb->modes |= PARPORT_MODE_EPP;
@@ -3147,6 +3150,10 @@ module_param_array(dma, charp, NULL, 0);
  MODULE_PARM_DESC(verbose_probing, "Log chit-chat during initialisation");
  module_param(verbose_probing, int, 0644);
  #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_PARPORT_1284
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(force_epp, "Force EPP enabling when buggy hardware found by the module checks");
+module_param(force_epp, int, 0);
+#endif
  #ifdef CONFIG_PCI
  static char *init_mode;
  MODULE_PARM_DESC(init_mode,
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