Re: [PATCH 001/001] PCI: PCI quirk for Asus A8V and A8V Deluxe motherboards

[Andras Mantia <amantia@kde.org>]

Måns Rullgård wrote:

> OK, I just used the simpler (and newer) of the two versions that were
> posted, and modified as suggested by someone.  Does my version work on
> your machine?

I did not try it, but because of the code and the outputs I got when I tried
to find the problem I'm sure it would work.

>> Anyway, my suggestion remains, that the
>> +       if (dev->subsystem_vendor != PCI_VENDOR_ID_ASUSTEK)
>> +               return;
>> +       if (dev->device != PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIA_8237)
>> +               return;
>>
>> might be not needed at all as it is not ASUS specific.
> 
> Doesn't it depend on the BIOS?  My BIOS lets me choose between
> "automatic" and "disabled" for the onboard sound.

I don't see how that setting could change the device ID or the vendor ID. As
I understood the above code will simply not try to enable the sound device
if:
a) the vendor is not ASUSTEK
b) the device is not ID is not PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIA_8237

For a) it means that an MSI/Epox/whatever board with the same VIA chipset
and the same problem will not be handled. For b) see my previous comment
(and your concerns).

Well, it would be nice if a kernel developer could comment on it, or simply
include the right version in some upcoming release. ;-)

Andras
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