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SubjectRe: 2.6.0-test9-bk16 ALi M5229 kernel boot error
Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Daniel Craig wrote:
>
>>Does anyone have any idea what might be going wrong...?
>
>
> Yes. The ALI driver has some really strange code to avoid tweaking non-ALI
> southbridges.
>
> But the thing is, it breaks even _with_ ALI southbridges, if we just don't
> find the ALI bridge we expect.
>
> Does this patch fix it?
>
> Linus
>
> ---
> --- 1.15/drivers/ide/pci/alim15x3.c Sun Aug 24 15:33:30 2003
> +++ edited/drivers/ide/pci/alim15x3.c Tue Nov 11 19:03:21 2003
> @@ -578,7 +578,6 @@
> {
> unsigned long flags;
> u8 tmpbyte;
> - struct pci_dev *north = pci_find_slot(0, PCI_DEVFN(0,0));
>
> pci_read_config_byte(dev, PCI_REVISION_ID, &m5229_revision);
>
> @@ -625,11 +624,9 @@
>
> /*
> * We should only tune the 1533 enable if we are using an ALi
> - * North bridge. We might have no north found on some zany
> - * box without a device at 0:0.0. The ALi bridge will be at
> - * 0:0.0 so if we didn't find one we know what is cooking.
> + * south bridge.
> */
> - if (north && north->vendor != PCI_VENDOR_ID_AL) {
> + if (!isa_dev) {
> local_irq_restore(flags);
> return 0;


For a little bit of history, this 'if' test succeeds on Alpha. We
return here on Alpha to avoid x86-specific stuff.

Al, any chance you could test Linus's patch? It hinges on whether the
Alpha will match the southbridge (isa_dev), rather than the northbridge.
This seems like a safe bet, but better to test and be sure...

Jeff



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