Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 7 Jan 2004 14:26:52 +0000 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] allow SGI IOC4 chipset support |
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On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 09:05:10AM -0500, Jes Sorensen wrote: > Christoph> That's stupid. You should just not be allowed to compile > Christoph> the driver if it can work anywork. > > I don't know if it's actually possible to use the card in a non-SN2, > not that I think anyone would want to. But if you prefer, just make > the equivalent change to the Kconfig file and remove the weak > reference.
It might be possible to use an IOC4 card in other hardware, but not with this driver, as it relies on Xbridge/PIC to do byteswapping for it - a functionality common PCI bridges don't provide and that Linux doesn't have a generic API for.
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