1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index e85c2f8cf193..753b0152afd1 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -616,8 +616,11 @@ ata_dev_try_classify(struct ata_port *ap, unsigned int device, u8 *r_err)
         if (r_err)
                 *r_err = err;
 
-        /* see if device passed diags */
-        if (err == 1)
+        /* see if device passed diags: if master then continue and warn later */
+        if (err == 0 && device == 0)
+                /* diagnostic fail : do nothing _YET_ */
+                ap->device[device].horkage |= ATA_HORKAGE_DIAGNOSTIC;
+        else if (err == 1)
                 /* do nothing */ ;
         else if ((device == 0) && (err == 0x81))
                 /* do nothing */ ;
@@ -1523,6 +1526,18 @@ int ata_dev_configure(struct ata_device *dev, int print_info)
                                        cdb_intr_string);
         }
 
+        if (dev->horkage & ATA_HORKAGE_DIAGNOSTIC) {
+                /* Let the user know. We don't want to disallow opens for
+                   rescue purposes, or in case the vendor is just a blithering
+                   idiot */
+                if (print_info) {
+                        ata_dev_printk(dev, KERN_WARNING,
+"Drive reports diagnostics failure. This may indicate a drive\n");
+                        ata_dev_printk(dev, KERN_WARNING,
+"fault or invalid emulation. Contact drive vendor for information.\n");
+                }
+        }
+
         ata_set_port_max_cmd_len(ap);
 
         /* limit bridge transfers to udma5, 200 sectors */