Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 10:48:20 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: bde@FreeBSD.ORG, bde@zeta.org.au, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-sys@FreeBSD.ORG, grog@lemis.com Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/isa intr_machdep.c intr_machdep.h sio.c Message-ID: <199806010048.KAA23374@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>>>> Log: >>>> Converted the ICU-level interrupt tests (3, 5 and 8) in sioprobe() into >>>> a test of the irq number, and made failure of this test non-fatal. >>>> Removed related unused complications for the APIC_IO case. Removed the >>>> no-test3 flag. >>> >>> Is this intended to be a partial or a complete solution to the ALi sio >>> problems? >> >> No, I don't even know what an ALi is. > >So how can you be sure it doesn't address the problem? > >This is the "Serial Ports not recognized on boot" syndrome we've been >seeing. In all cases, an ALi UART was involved. Your changes look >suspiciously like they're in that area, but I didn't know if they're >complete yet, or even addressing exactly this problem. I still don't. I never claimed that they did. They should fix a problem on one IWill system that I tested, but this version has only been tested on systems with NEC-compatible UARTs. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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