Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 12:43:24 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "Jose M. Alcaide" <jose@we.lc.ehu.es> Cc: tarkhil@asteroid.svib.ru, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: On IWill and sio: solution? Message-ID: <199805281943.MAA01211@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 28 May 1998 12:20:49 %2B0200." <356D3A81.E646339B@we.lc.ehu.es>
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> Alex Povolotsky wrote: > > > > Maybe it will be wise to report fails for test 5 and 8 as warinigs, not errors? > > > > IMHO, a new kernel config option is the best solution for now. > This option (IWILL_SIO_PROBLEM, for example), could be used in > i386/isa/sio.c for ignoring the tests 5 and 8. In this way, > there wouldn't be any need to edit sio.c. You don't appear to be paying attention. Ignoring tests 5 and 8 does not "fix" the problem. It's a bandaid for *some* systems, which fails to take into account the mechanisms behind the actual problem. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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