On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 10:38:50PM +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > It seems that on some nVidia controllers using AltStatus register > can be unreliable so default to Status register if the PCI device > is in Compatibility Mode. In order to achieve this: > > * Add ide_pci_is_in_compatibility_mode() inline helper to <linux/ide.h>. > > * Add IDE_HFLAG_BROKEN_ALTSTATUS host flag and set it in amd74xx host > driver for nVidia controllers in Compatibility Mode. > > * Teach actual_try_to_identify() and drive_is_ready() about the new flag. > > This fixes the regression caused by removal of CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ > config option in 2.6.25 and using AltStatus register unconditionally when > available (kernel.org bug #11659). [ Moreover for CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ=y > (which is what most distributions/people use) it never worked correctly. ] Looks good. Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <petkovbb@xxxxxxxxx> > > Thanks to Remy LABENE for help with debugging the problem. > > More info at: > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11659 Bugzilla entry can be closed now. [.. ] -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. -- 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
