Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:30:31 +0100 | From | Gabriel C <> | Subject | Re: modular intel-agp does not work on my box |
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Dave Jones wrote: > 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.
If you do so you have to blacklist one by default because udev will magically load both.
> * build just one of them (typically agp) > * build them both, and let the above bug happen
Well the bug was not with both build into the kernel. CONFIG_EDAC=Y CONFIG_EDAC_<something>=m, CONFIG_AGP=m CONFIG_AGP_INTEL=m breaks agp already.
> * build agp into the kernel, and edac modular, breaking edac > for a minority.
What does happen if one builds both into the kernel ? ( eg: all the *_AGP* Y , and all the *_EDAC* y )
Guessing no one of them will work ?
> > > 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 >
Gabriel
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