Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] sis5513 fix for SiS962 chipset | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Date | Fri, 10 Sep 2004 17:06:43 +0200 |
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On Fri, 2004-09-10 at 16:53, Lionel Bouton wrote: > Thomas Gleixner wrote the following on 09/10/2004 04:29 PM : > > >Hi, > > > >1. If the fake 5513 id bit is not set by the BIOS we must have the 5518 > >id in the device table. > > > >2. If the register remapping is not set by the BIOS then the enable bit > >check in ide_pci_setup_ports will fail. It's safe to switch to the > >remapping mode here. Keeping the not remapped mode would need quite big > >changes AFAICS. > > I was worried about these when 5518 was introduced but couldn't test on > the hardware I had at hand and nobody reported hitting this so it went > under the carpet. What hardware did you use to test ?
Compact PCI ICP-P4 from Inova Computers.
They have not set the 5513 fake id bit and the remapping bit isn't set either. I did thorough testing both on 2.4 and 2.6 and encountered no problems yet. I suspect there are more boards around with similar settings.
tglx
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