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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
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