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

Jeff Garzik
2005-08-11T20:36:21Z

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.
>
> 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

hmmmmmmmmm. Are you POSITIVE that the legacy IDE ports are never enabled?

In modern Intel chipsets, this still occurs with e.g. combined mode.

Jeff