why acpi? You may add some assign_irq in irq_table.c in MB dir. It will set the IRQ to Device pci conf space. Kernel driver then get irq from that.
YH On 9/23/06, Luis Correia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > On 9/23/06, Stefan Reinauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * Luis Correia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060923 10:20]: > > > There is no ACPI support. > > > > A spectre is haunting people coping with bios - the spectre of ACPI. > > > > In LinuxBIOS there _is_ ACPI support. But not enabled for all boards, > > because it is usually _not required_. > > > > > From what I've read, making ACPI tables is not easy... > > > > > > The board is industrial grade, and it can be found here: > > > http://www.icpamerica.com/products/single_board_computers/5_25_NOVA/NOVA-4899.html > > > > GX1 is basically supported. > > > > > 1) if I don't specify a device in config.lb, Linux will still be able > > > > Depends :-) Some devices are not easily detectable or need > > initialization in LinuxBIOS. Those have to be specified. > > > > > 2) about IRQ sharing, what is the best solution > > > > IRQ routing mainly depends on the wires on the motherboards. It may or > > may not be possible physically. > > Let's just say that if I have an additional eth card in the PCI slot, > with Redhat 9 if I get all the ethernet cards up and then it panics > complaining about IRQ's. > > Therefore I am assuming there are IRQ related issues :) > > > > > Why do you want to share IRQs. In theory this impacts system performance > > quite significantly and is not required with today's APICs. > > > > Does the GX1 have an APIC? > > I have no idea, can't you tell that by looking at the lspci output? > > > > > > 3) is it possible to enable ACPI without having the tables from the > > > factory bios > > > > Yes, definitely. We are not using any factory bios ACPI tables anywhere > > LinuxBIOS. > > > > There is no GX1 ACPI tables available in LinuxBIOS yet, so someone would > > have to write them. Not too hard, depending on what features you expect > > from ACPI. > > Well, I would just like it to work... This is a perfect hardware > platform for my router project > <pub>Bering uClibc http://www.leaf-project.org/bering-uclibc</pub> > > > > > Stefan > > > > -- > > coresystems GmbH • Brahmsstr. 16 • D-79104 Freiburg i. Br. > > Tel.: +49 761 7668825 • Fax: +49 761 7664613 > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] • http://www.coresystems.de/ > > > > Luis > > -- > linuxbios mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios > -- linuxbios mailing list [email protected] http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
