On 2019-05-25 5:01 a.m., Carlo Pisani wrote: > on kernel 5.1, from the git repository, compiled with SMP > > dmesg | grep altern > [ 2.551002] alternatives: applied 156 out of 175 patches > Prior to the patch which added ALT_COND_NO_IOC_FDC support, sba_iommu.c checked the capability bit directly and set the variable ioc_needs_fdc. This explains why earlier kernels didn't work for Carlo (ioc_needs_fdc would need to be 1 to get flushes). Carlo, would you confirm that Helge's "fix alternative coding for PCX-U CPUs" patch with "pcxw" changed to "pcxw2" fixes the Syba SATA card? Dave -- John David Anglin dave.anglin@xxxxxxxx
