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SubjectRe: 2.6.0-test9-bk16 ALi M5229 kernel boot error
On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 04:31:34 +0000
viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 07:04:17PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> > Does this patch fix it?
> > - if (north && north->vendor != PCI_VENDOR_ID_AL) {
> > + if (!isa_dev) {
>
> Wrong fix, AFAICS. Original condition is bogus, no arguments here.
> However, the point is
> "tweak our southbridge only if northbridge is known to be OK with that"
> and not
> "tweak southbridge only if it's ours"
>
> IOW, proper check is || of those two.

I agree with Al's analysis, and this is the kind of logic needed on
sparc64 boxes as well.

Indeed, blindly deref'ing 'isa_dev' here was pretty bogus :)
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