Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 16 Apr 1998 11:03:47 -0400 | From | mlord <> | Subject | Re: Pending IDE update for SMP, bugfixes, ... |
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Andrzej Krzysztofowicz wrote: > ... > I don't use a SMP machine, but have some experience with ali chipset, > so my $0.02: > > 1. I don't think it is safe to enable other CPU's interrupts while > probing ports for chipset detection. Some of ports beeing probed > may be used by other hardware (eg. for some MB's 0x34 is same as 0x20 > and probing it causes interrupt controller reprogramming)
This does not worry me, because:
(1) nobody with an SMP machine will have an ALI controller, and (2) the probe only happens if the user asks for it with a kernel boot parameter.
> 2. Is it (possible problems during probing) the reason that chipset probing > code is not available when compiling IDE support as a module?
Err.. the support ought to still be available as part of the "resident" portion of the IDE driver when modules are used. Right? -- mlord@pobox.com The Linux IDE guy
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