Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 10:23:27 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, bde@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-sys@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/isa intr_machdep.c intr_machdep.h sio.c Message-ID: <19980601102327.X22406@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199806010048.KAA23374@godzilla.zeta.org.au>; from Bruce Evans on Mon, Jun 01, 1998 at 10:48:20AM %2B1000 References: <199806010048.KAA23374@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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On Mon, 1 June 1998 at 10:48:20 +1000, Bruce Evans wrote: >>>>> 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. OK, so it does address the problem? I could have tested it here if you had told me. I'll do it Real Soon Now. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key
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