RE: [PATCH] IRQ params patch#4

["Grover, Andrew" <andrew.grover-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

Andrew,

You still hacking on this?

Just got another bug report (completely different HW) that I think might
be the same problem.

Regards -- Andy G.

> From: Andrew de Quincey [mailto:adq_dvb-fmPXVN3awWJAJAzL26g0SA@public.gmane.org] 
> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 3:42 AM
> To: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
> Subject: [ACPI] [PATCH] IRQ params patch#4
> 
> 
> OK, patch#3 is way too strict... thought a bit more about it, 
> and I suppose 
> the BIOS not allocating some devices an IRQ is actually OK....
> 
> Anyway, patch#4 now just warns the user if an attempt to set 
> an IRQ results in 
> a different IRQ than expected, and attempts to abort ACPI irq 
> routing. 
> Unfortunately, it isn't able to undo the changes it has made 
> to the routing 
> as it would have to call the _SRS method to do it... and its 
> just found out 
> that that is buggy. So at the moment it probably won't be able to 
> automatically "fix" devices already programmed when dropping 
> back to a 
> different method (it can't on my board). Sigh.
> 
> Anyway, the warning should at least help find which boards 
> have bad ACPI IRQ 
> routing.
> 


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