Re: PCI bridge handling 2.4.0-test10 -> 2.4.2-pre3

[Tim Wright <timw@splhi.com>]

I believe that, in general, we want working fixup routines so the we don't
have to rely on the BIOS. That said, it's apparent that the ServerWorks
routines are broken. Fixing them is going to be troublesome, given ServerWorks
attitude towards releasing specs. It's on my list of things to try to sort out,
since some of the Netfinities I use are ServerWorks based.

Tim

On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 03:41:37PM +0100, Adam Lackorzynski wrote:
> On Tue Feb 13, 2001 at 12:20:14 +0100, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 12:38:15AM +0100, Adam Lackorzynski wrote:
> > > On Mon Feb 12, 2001 at 14:04:20 +0100, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
> > > > I've got a "Bull Express5800/Series" (dual P3) with a DAC1164 RAID
> > > > controller. The mainboard is ServerWorks based and however, 2.4.2-pre3
> > > > fails to find the RAID controller. I think there's a problem at
> > > > scanning PCI busses behind PCI bridges. Here's the PCI bus layout as
> > > > 2.4.0-test10 recognizes it:
> > > 
> > > --- pci-pc.c.orig       Tue Feb 13 00:02:50 2001
> > > +++ pci-pc.c    Tue Feb 13 00:19:29 2001
> > > @@ -953,9 +953,6 @@
> > [Removal of serverworks fixup routines]
> > 
> > That patch cured the problem; the box is up'n'running again. Thanks!
> 
> Ok, fine.
> 
> Since this patch works for Jan, Dan and me I'd suggest putting it into
> the kernel and thus removing the fixup routines (Anyone know the reason
> why they're there?).
> 
> Comments?!
> 
> 
> Adam
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