Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:03:55 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: modular intel-agp does not work on my box |
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On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:19:21 -0500 Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 04:27:33AM +0100, Gabriel C wrote: > > Gabriel C wrote: > > > Dave Airlie wrote: > > >>> Hi, > > >>> > > >>> When building agp* modular ( CONFIG_AGP=y/m and CONFIG_AGP_INTEL=m ) intel-agp does nothing on my box > > >>> ( Dell Precision WorkStation 530 MT ) chipset is not being detected. > > >>> > > >>> Building both Y fixes that and agpgart works and also detects my chipset. > > >> Have you got EDAC modules built as well? they might be taking ownership > > >> when they shouldn't.. > > >> > > > > > > Yes I have EDAC built modular. I will build latest git without EDAC and agp modular > > > and let you know if that fixes ( workarounds ;) ) the problem. > > > > 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?
Is there something short-term-and-sleazy we can do to "fix" it?
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