Re: 2.6.0-test4(-mmX) via-rhine ethernet onboard C3 mini-itxdoesn't work

[Mikael Pettersson]

Alan Cox writes:
 > On Mer, 2003-09-03 at 10:30, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
 > > It's impossible to have an APIC bug on a C3 board, because the processor
 > > simply doesn't have one!
 > 
 > The chipset does and not writing PCI_INTERRUPT_LINE and other things
 > properly can cause problems if its directing interrupts to the chipset
 > I/O APIC wrongly not the PIC and thus the CPU

You mean PCI initialisation (and thus ACPI) can break the I/O-APIC
even though the kernel never actually accesses the I/O-APIC per se?
Ok, I see how that could happen.

/Mikael
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