drivers/ata/libata-core.c |   18 ++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Index: work/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ work/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -746,10 +746,20 @@ unsigned int ata_dev_try_classify(struct
        /* determine if device is ATA or ATAPI */
        class = ata_dev_classify(&tf);
 
-       if (class == ATA_DEV_UNKNOWN)
-               return ATA_DEV_NONE;
-       if ((class == ATA_DEV_ATA) && (ata_chk_status(ap) == 0))
-               return ATA_DEV_NONE;
+       if (class == ATA_DEV_UNKNOWN) {
+               /* If the device failed diagnostic, it's likely to
+                * have reported incorrect device signature too.
+                * Assume ATA device if the device seems present but
+                * device signature is invalid with diagnostic
+                * failure.
+                */
+               if (present && (dev->horkage & ATA_HORKAGE_DIAGNOSTIC))
+                       class = ATA_DEV_ATA;
+               else
+                       class = ATA_DEV_NONE;
+       } else if ((class == ATA_DEV_ATA) && (ata_chk_status(ap) == 0))
+               class = ATA_DEV_NONE;
+
        return class;
 }