Could someone please look at the mail quoted below? Thanks! Carl-Daniel On 23.05.2007 00:22, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > On 08.05.2007 22:45, ST wrote: >> Hi Carl-Daniel >>> could someone with a GA-M57SLI please post a lspci -vvvnx to the >>> list, preferably both under LB and factory BIOS? I'm trying to >>> verify some code I wrote. >> Sorry for the delay, but i somehow missed your message. >> >> Attached to this mail you will find the output of lspci -vvvnx under the >> original bios version f8 and under linuxbios updated from today (2007-05-08). > > Verifying a LB port is very interesting work and leads to lots of > head scratching. > > Here is a list of more problems, some really serious. > >> -00:06.0 0604: 10de:0370 (rev a2) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode]) >> +00:06.0 0604: 10de:0370 (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) > > Does changed decode mean anything? > >> - Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- >> Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- >> + Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- >> Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- > > SERR- changed to SERR+. > >> Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- >> <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- >> Latency: 0 >> - Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32 >> + Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0 > > sec-latency=32 probably had a reason in the vendor BIOS. Why change? > >> - I/O behind bridge: 00008000-00008fff >> + I/O behind bridge: 0000f000-00000fff > > The LinuxBIOS I/O range is backwards (end before start) and has > a different size. Same for other I/O ranges. > >> - Memory behind bridge: fb000000-fcffffff >> + Memory behind bridge: fff00000-000fffff > > The LinuxBIOS memory range is backwards and has a different size. > Same for other mem ranges. > >> - Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 50000000-500fffff >> + Prefetchable memory behind bridge: fff00000-000fffff > > Same here. > >> Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- >> <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR- >> - BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B- >> + BridgeCtl: Parity+ SERR+ NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B- > > Parity- changed to Parity+. > > Other devices had the same classes of problems. I'd like to get > an explanation for all of the above to be able to correct some > of the differences. > > I have at least one patch for the GA-M57SLI lined up, answering > the above questions will lead to more of them. > > Regards, > Carl-Daniel
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