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I tried to compile sata_sil on a 2.6.27 kernel on powerpc32 and I found that
it failed to compile -lots of dmi related errors. I found that I had to
include the broken_systems handling code in #ifdef CONFIG_DMI (DMI is not
supported on platforms other than i386/x86_64).
Lennert on #mklinux told me that this commit broke the non-dmi support, and
that a similar patch to mine is used on ARM systems :
commit e57db7bde7bff95ae812736ca00c73bd5271455b
SATA Sil: Blacklist system that spins off disks during ACPI power off
With this patch, sata_sil compiles on ppc (and I guess on other platforms).
I'm using it for a while with no problems with a Delock 4-port SATA PCI card.
Regards
--
Konstantinos Margaritis
Codex
http://www.codex.gr
--- sata_sil.c.orig 2009-05-06 20:03:16.472876188 +0300
+++ sata_sil.c 2009-05-06 20:04:22.693209638 +0300
@@ -698,6 +698,7 @@
static bool sil_broken_system_poweroff(struct pci_dev *pdev)
{
+#ifdef CONFIG_DMI
static const struct dmi_system_id broken_systems[] = {
{
.ident = "HP Compaq nx6325",
@@ -718,7 +719,7 @@
/* apply the quirk only to on-board controllers */
return slot == PCI_SLOT(pdev->devfn);
}
-
+#endif
return false;
}
