On 04/11/2014 05:50 PM, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote: > > + /* > + * Check to see if we have a PIC. > + * Mask all except the cascade and read > + * back the value we just wrote. If we don't > + * have a PIC, we will read 0xff as opposed to the > + * value we wrote. > + */ > + outb(probe_val, PIC_MASTER_IMR); > + probe_val = inb(PIC_MASTER_IMR); > + if (probe_val == 0xff) { > + printk(KERN_INFO "Using NULL legacy PIC\n"); > + legacy_pic = &null_legacy_pic; > + raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&i8259A_lock, flags); > + return; > + } > + > outb(0xff, PIC_MASTER_IMR); /* mask all of 8259A-1 */ > outb(0xff, PIC_SLAVE_IMR); /* mask all of 8259A-2 */ > Again, I would do at least the slave masking above the probe. Also, I would compare to make sure we get the probe_val back and compare with != instead of comparing with ==. -hpa _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel