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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2.6.25-rc7 001/001] ACPI: workaround for buggy BIOS to ignore error LINK CRS method
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On Wed, 2008-04-09 at 16:12 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 17:42:34 +0200
> NoWhereMan <uncommonnonsense@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > >From : Edoardo Vacchi <uncommonnonsense@gmail.com>
> >
> > When acpi_pci_link_crs_ignore is passed at boot to the kernel,
> > ignores the error about the _CRS method of LINK device and selects
> > IRQ from possible IRQ list returned by _PRS method.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Edoardo Vacchi <uncommonnonsense@gmail.com>
> >
>
> Let's add some cc's.
>
> >
> > This is nothing more than the patch on comment #127 on bug #8896
> > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8896#c127
> >
> > originally by Zhao Yakui <yakui.zhao@intel.com>
> >
> > ported to 2.6.25 and wrapped into an additional check for the kernel parameter
> > (plus of course the defintion of the kernel param itself)
> >
> > The patch provides a workaround for some buggy BIOSes such as Insyde
> > in Packard Bell EasyNote r1938 (of which I'm an unfortunate owner),
> > while still keeping boot safe for people not suffering from this bug
> >
>
> That patch is about four months old. Hopefully there was a reason why we
> dodn't proceed with it?
It seems that the system can work after applying the patch.
But the patch depends on the returned result(-ENODEV).
> if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
> ACPI_EXCEPTION((AE_INFO, status, "Evaluating _CRS"));
> result = -ENODEV;
> goto end;
> }
Now I am writing another workaround patch about this problem.
>
> > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c b/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c
> > index 233c40c..ed54c63 100644
> > --- a/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c
> > +++ b/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c
> > @@ -297,6 +297,16 @@ static int acpi_pci_link_get_current(struct
> > acpi_pci_link *link)
> > return result;
> > }
> >
> > +
> > +/*
> > + * this is set when acpi_pci_link_crs_ignore is passed on boot
> > + * it will ignore the -ENODEV error on buggy BIOSes
> > + *
> > + * workaround for bug #8896
> > + *
> > + */
> > +static int acpi_pci_link_crs_ignore; /* 0 or 1*/
> > +
> > static int acpi_pci_link_set(struct acpi_pci_link *link, int irq)
> > {
> > int result = 0;
> > @@ -385,9 +395,16 @@ static int acpi_pci_link_set(struct acpi_pci_link
> > *link, int irq)
> >
> > /* Query _CRS, set link->irq.active */
> > result = acpi_pci_link_get_current(link);
> > - if (result) {
> > - goto end;
> > - }
> > + if (acpi_pci_link_crs_ignore && result == -ENODEV) {
> > + /*
> > + * Ignore the error about the _CRS method of Link device and
> > + * select IRQ from the Possible IRQ list
> > + * returned by _PRS method.
> > + */
> > + printk(KERN_WARNING "Ignore error LINK CRS method.\n");
> > + link->irq.active = irq;
> > + result = 0;
> > + }
> >
> > /*
> > * Is current setting not what we set?
> > @@ -412,7 +429,16 @@ static int acpi_pci_link_set(struct acpi_pci_link
> > *link, int irq)
> > return result;
> > }
> >
> > -/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > +int __init acpi_pci_link_crs_ignore_set(char *str)
> > +{
> > + acpi_pci_link_crs_ignore = 1;
> > + return 1;
> > +}
> > +
> > +__setup("acpi_pci_link_crs_ignore", acpi_pci_link_crs_ignore_set);
> > +
> > +
> > + /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > PCI Link IRQ Management
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > */
> > --
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