Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 23 Feb 2008 13:14:14 -0500 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: modular intel-agp does not work on my box |
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On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 12:03:55AM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > You are right without EDAC built , agp modular does work fine. I'm on 2.6.25-rc2-00477-g1a4c6be right now. > > > So it is an EDAC bug ? > > > > No, it's a failing of the pci driver model. It currently doesn't > > allow more than one driver to be bound to a single PCI device. > > For multi-function devices like bridges, this means we see problems > > like the one you mention. > > Well that sounds pretty bad. What will distros do about this?
either * ship both modular, and let the user decide which one he wants. * build just one of them (typically agp) * build them both, and let the above bug happen * build agp into the kernel, and edac modular, breaking edac for a minority.
> Is there something short-term-and-sleazy we can do to "fix" it?
not that I'm aware of. I think Greg has been working on a long-term fix.
Dave
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