Re: [PATCH] adaptec 1210sa

Justin T. Gibbs
2003-12-30T23:52:17Z

>> the idea suggested by Justin was to clear bits 6 and 7 at 0x8a of pci
>> configuration space. (which I hope did fine :)
>>
>> Thanks Justin :)
>
>
> Does the aar1210 have a different PCI id? That would make it easy to
> distinguish, and thus easy to selectively apply your patch only to Adaptec
> chipsets that need it.

The change is harmless for controllers using non-adaptec BIOSes. You'll
find that on these other controllers, the interrupt masks are already
clear. If this wasn't the case, the current Linux driver wouldn't work
even on stock boards.

--
Justin