A Linux kernel module which prevents libata from limiting SATA link speeds after link errors occur, e.g. when a drive is hot-swapped.

If you see something like this when swapping disks, then this module can help: 

[7270695.660961] ata4: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x4050002 action 0xe frozen
[7270695.661416] ata4: irq_stat 0x00000040, connection status changed
[7270695.662327] ata4: SError: { RecovComm PHYRdyChg CommWake DevExch }
[7270695.663518] ata4: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps
[7270695.663524] ata4: hard resetting link
[7270705.684030] ata4: softreset failed (device not ready)
[7270705.684498] ata4: hard resetting link
[7270712.632035] ata4: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[7270712.640555] ata4.00: ATA-7: Hitachi HDS721010KLA330, GKAOAB0A, max UDMA/133
[7270712.640560] ata4.00: 1953525168 sectors, multi 0: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32), AA
[7270712.641499] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133
[7270712.656024] ata4: EH complete

  Name Size Description
[.TXT] README.txt 2012-08-04 22:25 3.09 KiB
[.GZ] sata_hotplug_spd_fix-1.0.tar.gz 2021-04-17 20:34 9.37 KiB Version 1.0