Re: modular intel-agp does not work on my box

[Dave Jones]

On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 04:27:33AM +0100, Gabriel C wrote:
 > Gabriel C wrote:
 > > Dave Airlie wrote:
 > >>> Hi,
 > >>>
 > >>> When building agp* modular ( CONFIG_AGP=y/m and CONFIG_AGP_INTEL=m ) intel-agp does nothing on my box 
 > >>> ( Dell Precision WorkStation 530 MT ) chipset is not being detected.
 > >>>
 > >>> Building both Y fixes that and agpgart works and also detects my chipset.
 > >> Have you got EDAC modules built as well? they might be taking ownership 
 > >> when they shouldn't..
 > >>
 > > 
 > > Yes I have EDAC built modular. I will build latest git without EDAC and agp modular
 > > and let you know if that fixes ( workarounds ;) ) the problem.
 > 
 > You are right without EDAC built , agp modular does work fine. I'm on 2.6.25-rc2-00477-g1a4c6be right now.
 > 
 > So it is an EDAC bug ?
 
No, it's a failing of the pci driver model. It currently doesn't
allow more than one driver to be bound to a single PCI device.
For multi-function devices like bridges, this means we see problems
like the one you mention.

	Dave

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