On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 22:16:31 -0500 Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > The sky2 driver attempts to clear PCI express errors on boot, but > > the PCI subsystem sometimes won't let the sky2 driver write to PCI > > express registers. It depends on the phase of the moon > > and number of goats sacrificed (actually it probably is ACPI). > > > > Until the PCI subsystem is fixed, this patch uses the device iomem > > window to access the PCI-Express related registers. > > > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > patches 1-7 OK for upstream-fixes branch, but patch #1 failed to apply: > > > Applying 'sky2: pci express config register access' > > > > fatal: corrupt patch at line 6 Andi has a fix for those busted BIOS's, so I am going to redo the patch to just check for bad BIOS and punt. > > Due to the immature state of PCI MSI, particularly the knowledge of when > MSI-capable cards should not enable MSI for system-related reasons, I > think applying patch #8 during 2.6.16-rc would not be appropriate. How about a module parameter to disable it? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
