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SubjectRe: 2.4.19-pre6aa1 (possible all kernel after 2.4.19-pre2) athlon PCI workaround
Hi,

On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 06:58:40PM +1000, Steve Kieu wrote:
> This is a known problem I know, the screen problem
> with some athlon computer due to some PCI optimization
> code etc..; but how can I work around this. For
> 2.4.19-pre2 I remember to go somewhere to find pci.c
> and comment out the code related, but in
> 2.4.19-pre6aa1 I got stuck..
>
> Is there an official way to overcome/fix this problem
> ? (kernel build option?) Or just anyone interested in
> doing such job?

I don't know of an "official way".
There were a number of postings refering to
arch/i386/kernel/pci-pc.c: pci_fixup_via_northbridge_bug()
and claiming that not clearing bit 5 did make the problem go away.
(IOW: Replace v &= 0x1f; /* clear bits 5, 6, 7 */
by v &= 0x3f; /* clear bits 6, 7 */
and see whether this helps.)

Regards,
--
Kurt Garloff <garloff@suse.de> Eindhoven, NL
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