RE: [PATCH] i386 io_apic.c: Memorize at bootup where the i8259 is connected

2005-07-29 Thread Andy Currid
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Linus Torvalds > Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 13:09 > To: Eric W. Biederman > Cc: Andrew Morton; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: [PATCH] i386 io_apic.c: Memoriz

Re: [PATCH] i386 io_apic.c: Memorize at bootup where the i8259 is connected

2005-07-29 Thread Eric W. Biederman
Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, 29 Jul 2005, Eric W. Biederman wrote: >> >> Since the acpi MADT table does not provide the location where the i8259 >> is connected we have to look at the hardware to figure it out. > > I'm not really happy with this. > > First off, it kind of

Re: [PATCH] i386 io_apic.c: Memorize at bootup where the i8259 is connected

2005-07-29 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Fri, 29 Jul 2005, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > > Since the acpi MADT table does not provide the location where the i8259 > is connected we have to look at the hardware to figure it out. I'm not really happy with this. First off, it kind of assumes that extINT is always the 8259. Maybe that's

[PATCH] i386 io_apic.c: Memorize at bootup where the i8259 is connected

2005-07-29 Thread Eric W. Biederman
Currently we attempt to restore virtual wire mode on reboot, which only works if we can figure out where the i8259 is connected. This is very useful when we kexec another kernel and likely helpful when dealing with a BIOS that make assumptions about how the system is setup. Since the acpi MADT t