From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] ide: fix drive_is_ready() for non-PCI hosts and CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ=y Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:42:16 -0400 Message-ID: <472137E8.9020109@garzik.org> References: <200710260136.37333.bzolnier@gmail.com> <20071026010515.260672b4@the-village.bc.nu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:43296 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752830AbXJZAmU (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:42:20 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20071026010515.260672b4@the-village.bc.nu> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Alan Cox Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Alan Cox wrote: > On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:36:37 +0200 > Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > >> Need to check if the host is a PCI one before reading IDE_ALTSTATUS_REG. >> >> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz > > Umm why ? The altstatus register goes back to ST-506 and the original IBM > XT hard disk controller card ? I'm pretty sure there are at least a few controllers out there where the AltStatus/Control register block is simply non-existent. Jeff