Re: [RFC patch] fallback to "no irq" hack for case of no pnp_irq allocated for 8250_pnp

2007-10-17 Thread Alan Cox
> Signed-off-by: Yu Luming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 8250_pnp.c |3 +++ > 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+) Should really fix pnp_irq() to use zero to mean none as the kernel intends. If that causes other complications then this hack will do for now I guess. Alan - To unsubscribe from this lis

Re: Multiple virtual address mapping for the same code on IA-64 linux kernel.

2005-08-18 Thread Alan Cox
On Mer, 2005-08-17 at 12:52 -0700, Christoph Lameter wrote: > > compared to small, this may be the reason why amd64 is the fasttest > > 64-bit process ? > Itanium processors are the fastest 64bit processors at any given clock > frequency. Perhaps, and the two statements don't contradict. All he

Re: [PATCH] IDE: don't offer IDE_GENERIC on ia64

2005-08-16 Thread Alan Cox
On Maw, 2005-08-16 at 22:42 +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > IMO this is much better solution as: > * you go from working code into small steps (evolution) If there was working code to go from maybe. The IDE core code is far too broken for that to be the case. The drivers are different ma

Re: [PATCH] IDE: don't offer IDE_GENERIC on ia64

2005-08-16 Thread Alan Cox
> > * non-functional HDIO_REGISTER_HWIF ioctl (ain't really working either) > > HDIO_SCAN_HWIF - I don't know about this one. How are we supposed to > follow the "new ports shouldn't define IDE_ARCH_OBSOLETE_INIT" injunction > if we lose all this functionality without it? ia64 is about as clos

Re: [PATCH] IDE: don't offer IDE_GENERIC on ia64

2005-08-16 Thread Alan Cox
On Maw, 2005-08-16 at 12:02 +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > On 8/11/05, Christoph Hellwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 02:24:43PM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > > > IA64 boxes only have PCI IDE devices, so there's no need to blindly poke > > > around in I/O port s

Re: [PATCH] IDE: don't offer IDE_GENERIC on ia64

2005-08-16 Thread Alan Cox
On Maw, 2005-08-16 at 11:38 +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > * removing IDE_ARCH_OBSOLETE_INIT define has some implications, > * non-functional ide-cs driver (but there is no PCMCIA on IA64?) IA64 systems can support PCI->Cardbus/PCMCIA cards so they do actually need this support. They

Re: [PATCH] IDE: don't offer IDE_GENERIC on ia64

2005-08-12 Thread Alan Cox
On Iau, 2005-08-11 at 14:24 -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > IA64 boxes only have PCI IDE devices, so there's no need to blindly poke > around in I/O port space. Poking at things that don't exist causes MCAs > on HP ia64 systems. > > Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <[EMA

Re: [PATCH] IDE: don't offer IDE_GENERIC on ia64

2005-08-12 Thread Alan Cox
On Iau, 2005-08-11 at 17:07 -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > So the scenario in question (correct me if I'm wrong) is that we > have a PCI IDE device that is handed off in compatibility mode (and > may only work in that mode). In that case, the PCI *device* still > exists, so shouldn't the IDE PCI co