Avi Kivity wrote: > Laurent Vivier wrote: >> Avi Kivity wrote: >> >>> Aurelien Jarno wrote: >>> >>>> It's actually described page 200 of the specifications (page 216 in >>>> ACPIspec30.pdf): >>>> >>>> Note: This descriptor is meant for describing interrupts that are >>>> connected to PIC-compatible >>>> interrupt controllers, which can only be programmed for >>>> Active-High-Edge-Triggered or Active- >>>> Low-Level-Triggered interrupts. Any other combination is illegal. >>>> The Extended Interrupt >>>> Descriptor can be used to describe other combinations. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Avi, if you think this anlysis is correct I can provide the patch >>>>> changing >>>>> "Level" to "Edge"... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> It looks like the solution is either to describe the IRQ with an >>>> "Extended Interrupt Descriptor" or to change this value to one of the >>>> two allowed values. In the later case we have to make sure it is >>>> consistent with the way the PIC works. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> The attached patch attempts to override the pci irqs (now limited to 5, >>> 9, 10, and 11) to be active high level triggered. Linux boots and >>> parses this correctly. Freebsd still fails. >>> >> FreeBSD will fail while ACPI will have Active-High and Level-triggered, >> except >> if you define, as Aurélien said, an "Extended Interrupt Descriptor" in ACPI >> table. >> >> BTW, I'm not able to boot Debian Sarge (2.6.8-11-amd64-generic) with your >> patch >> (as before). >> >> Moreover, I don't understand what this patch resolves... > > I thought this was the extended interrupt descriptor; sorry my confusion. > > Meanwhile I changed the dsdt to use the _real_ extended enhanced > advanced improved interrupt descriptor, and freebsd now boots. FC6 and > Windows survived. I'll push this after further testing.
Great ! If you send me your patch I can test it and make it run on distros I have (I can wait the push too). Is this THE solution to this issue or only a workaround ? Laurent -- ---------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------- "Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow" E. S. Raymond
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