From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932551AbVHKXIt (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:08:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932550AbVHKXIs (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:08:48 -0400 Received: from omx1-ext.sgi.com ([192.48.179.11]:17320 "EHLO omx1.americas.sgi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932546AbVHKXIr (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:08:47 -0400 Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 18:08:43 -0500 From: Jack Steiner To: Bjorn Helgaas Cc: B.Zolnierkiewicz@elka.pw.edu.pl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] IDE: don't offer IDE_GENERIC on ia64 Message-ID: <20050811230843.GD9964@sgi.com> References: <200508111424.43150.bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200508111424.43150.bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (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 > > 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. > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ia64" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- Thanks Jack Steiner (steiner@sgi.com) 651-683-5302 Principal Engineer SGI - Silicon Graphics, Inc.