Messages in this thread | | | From | Bjorn Helgaas <> | Subject | Re: [patch][resend] provide rtc_cmos platform device, take 2 | Date | Fri, 30 May 2008 09:52:14 -0600 |
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On Thursday 29 May 2008 10:12:42 pm Stas Sergeev wrote: > Hello. > > Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > > As far as I'm concerned, "pnpacpi=off" should only be used to work > > around defects, so I'd like to fix the defect you're seeing with > > parport_pc. Is there a bug report for it? > Certainly, and you've seen it many > times. :) > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7491 > Its that the module parameters are overriden > by PNP and are ignored, so you can't do > "dma=none" etc. > Your patch is not for that, AFAICS. > Or let me know if it is.
Oh, yeah, that one :-) No, my patch does nothing for that.
I can't remember why it's so hard to fix that bug. Maybe now that we fixed the *other* reason for using "pnpacpi=off", I can take another look at it and make some progress. It doesn't *sound* like it should be hard to fix.
Bjorn
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