Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:49:12 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] IDE: don't offer IDE_GENERIC on ia64 |
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Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > You deduce this by the absence of SecO and PriO? I wonder if lspci > should be enhanced to notice this, too. I assume that the IRQ 169 > doesn't correspond to anything in /proc/interrupts.
Correct.
> So the scenario in question (correct me if I'm wrong) is that we > have a PCI IDE device that is handed off in compatibility mode (and > may only work in that mode). In that case, the PCI *device* still > exists, so shouldn't the IDE PCI code claim that device, notice that > it's in compatibility mode, and use the legacy ports and IRQs if > necessary? > > It seems like that all should work even if we don't have IDE_GENERIC.
Yes, you're right. Thinking more, the PCI IDE code should pick that up, not the IDE_GENERIC code.
Jeff
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