Index: 6.1__mvebu__armhf/drivers/ata/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- 6.1__mvebu__armhf.orig/drivers/ata/Kconfig
+++ 6.1__mvebu__armhf/drivers/ata/Kconfig
@@ -67,6 +67,22 @@ config ATA_FORCE
 
 	  If unsure, say Y.
 
+config ARCH_WANT_LIBATA_LEDS
+	bool
+
+config ATA_LEDS
+	bool "support ATA port LED triggers"
+	depends on ARCH_WANT_LIBATA_LEDS
+	select NEW_LEDS
+	select LEDS_CLASS
+	select LEDS_TRIGGERS
+	default y
+	help
+	  This option adds a LED trigger for each registered ATA port.
+	  It is used to drive disk activity leds connected via GPIO.
+
+	  If unsure, say N.
+
 config ATA_ACPI
 	bool "ATA ACPI Support"
 	depends on ACPI
Index: 6.1__mvebu__armhf/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
===================================================================
--- 6.1__mvebu__armhf.orig/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ 6.1__mvebu__armhf/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -663,6 +663,19 @@ u64 ata_tf_read_block(const struct ata_t
 	return block;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ATA_LEDS
+#define LIBATA_BLINK_DELAY 20 /* ms */
+static inline void ata_led_act(struct ata_port *ap)
+{
+	unsigned long led_delay = LIBATA_BLINK_DELAY;
+
+	if (unlikely(!ap->ledtrig))
+		return;
+
+	led_trigger_blink_oneshot(ap->ledtrig, &led_delay, &led_delay, 0);
+}
+#endif
+
 /**
  *	ata_build_rw_tf - Build ATA taskfile for given read/write request
  *	@qc: Metadata associated with the taskfile to build
@@ -4813,6 +4826,10 @@ void ata_qc_issue(struct ata_queued_cmd
 	struct ata_link *link = qc->dev->link;
 	u8 prot = qc->tf.protocol;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ATA_LEDS
+	ata_led_act(ap);
+#endif
+
 	/* Make sure only one non-NCQ command is outstanding.  The
 	 * check is skipped for old EH because it reuses active qc to
 	 * request ATAPI sense.
@@ -5328,6 +5345,9 @@ struct ata_port *ata_port_alloc(struct a
 	ap->stats.unhandled_irq = 1;
 	ap->stats.idle_irq = 1;
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_ATA_LEDS
+	ap->ledtrig = kzalloc(sizeof(struct led_trigger), GFP_KERNEL);
+#endif
 	ata_sff_port_init(ap);
 
 	return ap;
@@ -5363,6 +5383,12 @@ static void ata_host_release(struct kref
 
 		kfree(ap->pmp_link);
 		kfree(ap->slave_link);
+#ifdef CONFIG_ATA_LEDS
+		if (ap->ledtrig) {
+			led_trigger_unregister(ap->ledtrig);
+			kfree(ap->ledtrig);
+		};
+#endif
 		kfree(ap);
 		host->ports[i] = NULL;
 	}
@@ -5765,7 +5791,23 @@ int ata_host_register(struct ata_host *h
 		host->ports[i]->print_id = atomic_inc_return(&ata_print_id);
 		host->ports[i]->local_port_no = i + 1;
 	}
+#ifdef CONFIG_ATA_LEDS
+	for (i = 0; i < host->n_ports; i++) {
+		if (unlikely(!host->ports[i]->ledtrig))
+			continue;
 
+		snprintf(host->ports[i]->ledtrig_name,
+			sizeof(host->ports[i]->ledtrig_name), "ata%u",
+			host->ports[i]->print_id);
+
+		host->ports[i]->ledtrig->name = host->ports[i]->ledtrig_name;
+
+		if (led_trigger_register(host->ports[i]->ledtrig)) {
+			kfree(host->ports[i]->ledtrig);
+			host->ports[i]->ledtrig = NULL;
+		}
+	}
+#endif
 	/* Create associated sysfs transport objects  */
 	for (i = 0; i < host->n_ports; i++) {
 		rc = ata_tport_add(host->dev,host->ports[i]);
Index: 6.1__mvebu__armhf/include/linux/libata.h
===================================================================
--- 6.1__mvebu__armhf.orig/include/linux/libata.h
+++ 6.1__mvebu__armhf/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 #include <linux/cdrom.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/async.h>
+#ifdef CONFIG_ATA_LEDS
+#include <linux/leds.h>
+#endif
 
 /*
  * Define if arch has non-standard setup.  This is a _PCI_ standard
@@ -857,6 +860,12 @@ struct ata_port {
 #ifdef CONFIG_ATA_ACPI
 	struct ata_acpi_gtm	__acpi_init_gtm; /* use ata_acpi_init_gtm() */
 #endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_ATA_LEDS
+	struct led_trigger	*ledtrig;
+	char			ledtrig_name[8];
+#endif
+
 	/* owned by EH */
 	u8			sector_buf[ATA_SECT_SIZE] ____cacheline_aligned;
 };