Re: [Fwd: Re: long-term regression - Parallel Port broken?]

[Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>]

On Sunday 29 July 2007 09:59:18 pm david@lang.hm wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Jul 2007, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> 
> >>>
> >>> Could you try the attached patch and collect the dmesg log and contents
> >>> of /proc/interrupts?
> >>
> >> done, see the files
> >> 2.6.22-rc4.interrupts
> >> 2.6.22-rc4.dmesg.test
> >> at http://lang.hm/linux
> >
> > Thanks, but you booted with "pnpacpi=off", so we didn't learn anything.
> > The port works with "pnpacpi=off" even without the patch.  Somebody
> > else tried my "disable/init/activate" patch with terrible results, so
> > that approach will need more work.
> 
> Ok, the new versions are there now.

I assume the port still didn't work.  My current theory is that
there's something wrong with parport DMA.

> > This seems an awful lot like this bug report:
> >  http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5832
> >
> > Can you take a look at 5832, and maybe we can combine your problem
> > with that one if you agree they look the same?
> 
> yes, it definantly looks like the same thing.

OK, I added you to the cc: list of 5832.

Bjorn