Hello.
JosephChan@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
The patch adds entries for 0xFFFF (is that really right) as a
bridge and
0xC409 - I see nothing for 0x0571.
PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIA_ANON is used to stand for Unknown South Bridge for VX855
and future chips, since the pata_via has a southbridge check, which is redundant.
If it was redundant, it wouldn't have been there...
If we may VIA has a new SB with new bridge ID which in not in the check list, whose
IDE controller is 0x0571. Linux default pata_via can not drive IDE controller of 402, since
the southbridge check in pata_via can not pass.
So we add PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIA_ANON to stand for our future southbridge,
and this will help to pass southbridge check.
Why not just add the new and future SB device IDs to the list?
Is it possible to do this way? And can it be acceptable in kernel policy?
I doubt it...
MBR, Sergei
--
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
