Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 14 Mar 2002 14:39:56 -0800 (PST) | From | John Heil <> | Subject | Re: IO delay, port 0x80, and BIOS POST codes |
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On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Alan Cox wrote:
> Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 22:55:45 +0000 (GMT) > From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> > To: John Heil <kerndev@sc-software.com> > Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: IO delay, port 0x80, and BIOS POST codes > > > > It is, in fact, broken on several systems -- I tried ED in SYSLINUX > > > for a while, and it broke things for people. > > > > It does work on many, in fact, we used on a Crusoe based platform > > as well as the other x86s > > > > Let's make it a configurable kernel debug/hacking option else > > we have the added burden of chasing down a common address. > > We've got one. Its 0x80. It works everywhere with only marginal non > problematic side effects >
Ok, cool but does that mean you agree or disagree with a configurable override for those of us in the minority?
Johnh
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