Re: Pending IDE update for SMP, bugfixes, ...

mlord (mlord@pobox.com)
Thu, 16 Apr 1998 11:03:47 -0400

Andrzej Krzysztofowicz wrote:
>
...
> I don't use a SMP machine, but have some experience with ali chipset,
> so my $0.02:
>
> 1. I don't think it is safe to enable other CPU's interrupts while
> probing ports for chipset detection. Some of ports beeing probed
> may be used by other hardware (eg. for some MB's 0x34 is same as 0x20
> and probing it causes interrupt controller reprogramming)

This does not worry me, because:

(1) nobody with an SMP machine will have an ALI controller,
and (2) the probe only happens if the user asks for it with
a kernel boot parameter.

> 2. Is it (possible problems during probing) the reason that chipset probing
> code is not available when compiling IDE support as a module?

Err.. the support ought to still be available as part of the "resident"
portion of the IDE driver when modules are used. Right?

-- 
mlord@pobox.com
The Linux IDE guy


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