Re: [patch] Add insmod option to force the use of the backup timer.

2007-03-05 Thread Alex Williamson
On Mon, 2007-03-05 at 19:03 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > > Perhaps Alex can suggest some debugging steps we can take to work out > why the test isn't triggering? I was lucky and had a hardware description of the bug I was trying to work around with the 8250 backup timer patch. If the UART

Re: [patch] Add insmod option to force the use of the backup timer.

2007-03-05 Thread Andrew Morton
On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:20:09 +0100 Gerd Hoffmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dave Jones wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 11:23:46AM +0100, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > > > The test which automatically enables the backup timer on some HP > > > machines doesn't trigger on other hardware which needs

Re: [patch] Add insmod option to force the use of the backup timer.

2007-03-05 Thread Andrew Morton
On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:20:09 +0100 Gerd Hoffmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave Jones wrote: On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 11:23:46AM +0100, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: The test which automatically enables the backup timer on some HP machines doesn't trigger on other hardware which needs the backup

Re: [patch] Add insmod option to force the use of the backup timer.

2007-03-05 Thread Alex Williamson
On Mon, 2007-03-05 at 19:03 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: Perhaps Alex can suggest some debugging steps we can take to work out why the test isn't triggering? I was lucky and had a hardware description of the bug I was trying to work around with the 8250 backup timer patch. If the UART on

Re: [patch] Add insmod option to force the use of the backup timer.

2007-03-01 Thread Gerd Hoffmann
Dave Jones wrote: > On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 11:23:46AM +0100, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > > The test which automatically enables the backup timer on some HP > > machines doesn't trigger on other hardware which needs the backup > > timer too. > > Did you figure out *why* that test doesn't trigger?

Re: [patch] Add insmod option to force the use of the backup timer.

2007-03-01 Thread Gerd Hoffmann
Dave Jones wrote: On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 11:23:46AM +0100, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: The test which automatically enables the backup timer on some HP machines doesn't trigger on other hardware which needs the backup timer too. Did you figure out *why* that test doesn't trigger? I didn't,

Re: [patch] Add insmod option to force the use of the backup timer.

2007-02-28 Thread Dave Jones
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 11:23:46AM +0100, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > The test which automatically enables the backup timer on some HP > machines doesn't trigger on other hardware which needs the backup > timer too. Did you figure out *why* that test doesn't trigger? Making that work seems a better

[patch] Add insmod option to force the use of the backup timer.

2007-02-28 Thread Gerd Hoffmann
The test which automatically enables the backup timer on some HP machines doesn't trigger on other hardware which needs the backup timer too. This patch add a way to enable it manually (8250.use_backup_timer=1) to deal with these machines. Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc:

[patch] Add insmod option to force the use of the backup timer.

2007-02-28 Thread Gerd Hoffmann
The test which automatically enables the backup timer on some HP machines doesn't trigger on other hardware which needs the backup timer too. This patch add a way to enable it manually (8250.use_backup_timer=1) to deal with these machines. Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Alex

Re: [patch] Add insmod option to force the use of the backup timer.

2007-02-28 Thread Dave Jones
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 11:23:46AM +0100, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: The test which automatically enables the backup timer on some HP machines doesn't trigger on other hardware which needs the backup timer too. Did you figure out *why* that test doesn't trigger? Making that work seems a better