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parport_pc: Let chipset drivers mask ECR bits on writes
Provide an `ecr_writable' parameter to `__parport_pc_probe_port' so that callers can specify a mask of bits to modify on ECR writes. To avoid the need for separate bit set and bit clear masks always set bit 0 whenever a non-zero mask has been set, as all the currently known cases where a mask is required, that is Oxford Semiconductor devices, do require this bit to be set. If further cases are discovered where the bit is required to be clear, we can update code accordingly, but chances are very low as the bit is supposed to be read-only[1]. Skip ECR probing, which can be problematic as the Oxford Semiconductor OX12PCI840 part has been reported to lock up on setting bit 2, whenever a non-zero mask has been requested by a port subdriver, assuming that the ECR must be there if the subdriver has requested a specific way to access it. References: [1] "Extended Capabilities Port Protocol and ISA Interface Standard", Microsoft Corporation, Revision: 1.14, July 14, 1993, Table 14 "Extended Control Register" Signed-off-by: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@orcam.me.uk> Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230108215656.6433-3-sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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