2011/9/5 Wolfgang Grandegger <[email protected]>

> On 09/05/2011 07:35 PM, Willy Lambert wrote:
> > 2011/9/5 Wolfgang Grandegger <[email protected]>
> >
> >> On 09/04/2011 09:09 PM, Willy Lambert wrote:
> >>> 2011/9/3 Wolfgang Grandegger <[email protected]>
> >> ...
> >>>> What CAN hardware are you using?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Motherboad and CAN stack :
> >>>
> >>
> http://www.advantech.com/products/PCM-3362/mod_2B69DA4C-D506-4AEA-8CC3-F6E58E3CBC87.aspx
> >>> http://www.ixxat.com/pc_i_04_104_en.html
> >>
> >> OK...
> >>
> >>>> And what bus is it
> >>>> connected to? Why do I ask? In "arch/x86/Kconfig" there is:
> >>>>
> >>>>  # x86_64 have no ISA slots, but can have ISA-style DMA.
> >>>>  config ISA_DMA_API
> >>>>        bool "ISA-style DMA support" if (X86_64 && EXPERT)
> >>>>        default y
> >>>>        help
> >>>>          Enables ISA-style DMA support for devices requiring such
> >>>> controllers.
> >>>>          If unsure, say Y.
> >>>>
> >>>>  if X86_32
> >>>>
> >>>>  config ISA
> >>>>        bool "ISA support"
> >>>>        ---help---
> >>>>          Find out whether you have ISA slots on your motherboard.  ISA
> >> is
> >>>> the
> >>>>          name of a bus system, i.e. the way the CPU talks to the other
> >>>> stuff
> >>>>          inside your box.  Other bus systems are PCI, EISA,
> MicroChannel
> >>>>          (MCA) or VESA.  ISA is an older system, now being displaced
> by
> >>>> PCI;
> >>>>          newer boards don't support it.  If you have ISA, say Y,
> >> otherwise
> >>>> N.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Maybe the assumption that the x86_64 does not have ISA slots is wrong
> >> and
> >>>> we
> >>>> should fix that instead of moving to a platform driver like Oliver
> >>>> suggested.
> >>
> >> Intel Atom N450 on that board supports the PC/104-Plus bus, which is PCI
> >> (not ISA) based, therefore a SJA1000-PCI-driver seems more appropriate.
> >> Do you find the SJA1000 device with "lspci -vv"?
>
> Ah, at a closer look, the PC/104-Plus is an extension of the PC/104 from
> factor with an additional connector for PCI. It therefore still supports
> ISA bus communication, which the IXXAT PC-I 04/104 board uses.
>
> Therefore I'm going to prepare a patch removing the "X86_32" restriction
> for CONFIG_ISA above. Sorry for confusion.
>

May I bump this up ? I read your conversation on other linux ML, but I
don't really know how it ended.


>
> Wolfgang.
>
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