Kernel: 2.4.19
Summary: wording in BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI help text is misleading.
Symptom: text contains no hint about Pmacs needing this option
whenever BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PMAC is selected leading to
unresolved symbols at the final link. Been there done that...
Reasons: BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PMAC code depends on BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI code.
The text as it is talks only about "Pentium systems".
Proposed solutions:
-------------------
1. the patch below, or,
2. pull the IDEDMA_PMAC options under BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI so that it is
impossible to select BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PMAC without BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI.
Greets,
ralf
--- Documentation/Configure.help.orig Mon Nov 25 16:34:11 2002
+++ Documentation/Configure.help Mon Nov 25 16:43:25 2002
@@ -902,6 +902,10 @@
Read the comments at the beginning of <file:drivers/ide/ide-dma.c>
and the file <file:Documentation/ide.txt> for more information.
+ Say Y here if you have a Powermac with PCI (most iMacs and all
+ newer machines have it). In this case say also Y to the pmac-specific
+ option(s) below.
+
It is safe to say Y to this question.
Good-Bad DMA Model-Firmware (WIP)
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