Re: [PATCH] IDE: don't offer IDE_GENERIC on ia64

[Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>]

(resend with correct cc list).

On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 02:24:43PM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> IA64 boxes only have PCI IDE devices, so there's no need to blindly poke
> around in I/O port space.  Poking at things that don't exist causes MCAs
> on HP ia64 systems.

 Hmmmm, can you change the test so that IDE_GENERIC is off by default but
 can still be enabled on IA64. We use the generic IDE driver in our
 simulator environment - yes, it really works.

 Longer term, I'll see if it is feasible to switch to using a PCI device.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>
> 
> Index: work-vga/drivers/ide/Kconfig
> =================================> --- work-vga.orig/drivers/ide/Kconfig	2005-08-10 14:57:47.000000000 -0600
> +++ work-vga/drivers/ide/Kconfig	2005-08-10 14:58:02.000000000 -0600
> @@ -276,6 +276,7 @@
>  
>  config IDE_GENERIC
>  	tristate "generic/default IDE chipset support"
> +	depends on !IA64
>  	default y
>  	help
>  	  If unsure, say Y.
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Thanks

Jack Steiner (steiner@sgi.com)          651-683-5302
Principal Engineer                      SGI - Silicon Graphics, Inc.