Re: [Linux-ia64] kernel update (relative to v2.5.18)

[Steffen Persvold <sp@scali.com>]

On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:

> > 	-- With CONFIG_GENERIC, sba_iommu.c still doesn't compile
> > 	because of the removal of the address field from the scatterlist.
>
> Here's a patch to make sba_iommu work again.
>
> I added dma_address and dma_length to struct scatterlist and
> removed orig_address.  This brings IA64 in line with most other
> architectures, but required a few changes to swiotlb.
>
> Grant Grundler did the sba_iommu.c updates.
>
> Note that this isn't *quite* enough to make the generic kernel
> work on ZX1 boxes, because the ACPI in 2.5.18 barfs on a
> ZX1 _CRS method.
>
> David, I've tested both the swiotlb (on i2000 and ZX1) and
> sba_iommu (on ZX1, with a kludge for the ACPI problem),
> and they seem to work fine.

Hi Bjorn,

Do you have any estimate when this kludge for the ACPI problem on ZX1 is
available to the public ? Do the DIG version work on ZX1 now, or does
it barf on the same ACPI problem ?

Regards,
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