Re: [PATCH v2 -rt] ide: workaround buggy hardware issues withpreemptable hardirqs

From: Alan Cox
Date: Sun Jun 29 2008 - 09:10:23 EST


> His boot log shows the native mode.

Then the bridge is misprogrammed

> What's IDEIRT, some ISA bridge register? And why should one set
> [A]PIC to level mode for legacy mode IDE? :-O

You need an NDA and then they'll send you the data sheet for the bridges
and other logic. It's all programmable.

"He has an OpenPIC, it's PowerPC SoC, so no ELCR either"

Really - he's using a designed for PC ISA bridge etc.. he might have all
sorts of stuff on it.

Alan
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