On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:30:52 +0200 Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Friday 26 October 2007, Alan Cox wrote: > > On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:36:37 +0200 > > Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Need to check if the host is a PCI one before reading IDE_ALTSTATUS_REG. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Umm why ? The altstatus register goes back to ST-506 and the original IBM > > XT hard disk controller card ? > > Thought that there have to be some (non-obvious) reason behing the fact that > IDE_ALTSTATUS_REG reading was covered by #ifdef CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ. Only that reading altstatus is done to get the state without clearing the IRQ which a status read would do. Alan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
