On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:50:00 +0100 Ben Dooks <ben-linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 12:14:50PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > > Does anyone know if the ALi M5229 actually exists outside of one of > > > the M1543 bridges? > > > > Yes - it exists in various forms in all sorts of ALi/ULi chipset products. > > > > > Note, this hardly seems to be a board-quirk, it is more of a device > > > quirk... > > > > Your description so far is of "device not put in a valid configuration > > according to the spec" - that seems to me to be board problems. > > No, the configuration is correct, you cannot assign this device an > PCI IRQ when it is embedded in the M1543 bridge. The bridge itself > has other configuration registers that specify where the IDE IRQs > get routed. You aren't listening: "according to spec" - there is a specification for how legacy and native mode ATA controllers function and should be configured. You are describing a situation which appears to be outside that spec entirely. Alan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
