Re: [PATCH] Netmos parallel/serial/combo support

[Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru>]

Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
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>>I've a 9835 card with two serial and no parallel ports:
>>
>>0000:01:00.0 0700: 9710:9835 (rev 01) (prog-if 02)
>>         Subsystem: 1000:0002
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>>But after reloading parport_pc, it does not see the built-in
>>port anymore; more, after unloading 8250_pci and 8250,
>>parport_pc finds one parallel port -- on this netmos
>>card only (there's no parallel port on this card):
>>
>>PCI parallel port detected: 9710:9835, I/O at 0x9800(0x9400)
>>parport0: PC-style at 0x9800 (0x9400) [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
> 
> Hmmm...  Do you have an init script or something that pokes
> 9835 into /sys/bus/pci/drivers/parport_pc/new_id?  If not,
> I don't see how parport_pc could claim your 9835, since it's
> not compiled into parport_pc_pci_tbl.  It looks like you
> should be able to turn off the new_id functionality by
> disabling CONFIG_HOTPLUG.

Well, I do see how parport_pc is claiming the device.
This is the chunk from your patch I applied manually,
or, rather, didn't apply at all because the change was
about re-ordering stuff only.

It did not apply because the two IDs - 9735 and 9835 -
are still present in 2.6.11 kernel.  Your mention about
parport_pc_pci_tbl[] made me realize that I applied the
patch incorrectly.  So I finally found the two devices
aren't present in Linus rc1 tree, and removed them here
too (so that parport_pc.c reordering of your patch now
applies too).

With that change, parport_pc does not claim the device
anymore, which is the right behaviour, -- ie, for 9835
card, looks like everything works just fine now.  So
please treat this my report as a success story about
netmos cards support... and thank you for your work!..


The problem with built-in port and parport_pc reloading
still exists (or seems to be), even after applying the
rest of parport_pc changes which are in Linus rc1. But..
after modifying all those files several times, I can't
be sure it wasn't my fault again.  I will try to repatch
and recompile it all tomorrow.  Here's how it looks
like now:

# modprobe parport_pc
parport: PnPBIOS parport detected.
parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [PCSPP]
# rmmod parport_pc
pnp: Device 00:07 disabled.
# modprobe parport_pc
pnp: Device 00:07 activated.
parport: PnPBIOS parport detected.
pnp: Device 00:07 disabled.
... and so on - no parport0 anymore.

/mjt