Re: [PATCH] pnx8550: Fix broken write_config_byte() function in arch/mips/pci/ops-pnx8550.c

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On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 01:56:46PM +0800, Davy Chan wrote:

> There's a serious typo in the function:
>   arch/mips/pci/ops-pnx8550.c:write_config_byte()
> 
> The parameter passed to the function config_access() is PCI_CMD_CONFIG_READ
> instead of PCI_CMD_CONFIG_WRITE. This renders any attempts to write
> a single byte to the PCI configuration registers useless.
> 
> This problem does not exist for write_config_word() nor write_config_dword().
> 
> This problem has been there since kernel v2.6.17 and is still there
> as of kernel v2.6.19.1.

The bug exists even in 2.6.16 which is the oldest -stable branch I'm still
maintaining on linux-mips.org.

Patch applied.  Standard rant, please add a Signed-off-by: line.  See
Documentation/SubmittingPatches for what this is about.

  Ralf


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