Aleksey Gorelov wrote:
> Hi.
> 
>   I found & fixed a problem with #PIRQD line setup for VIA PCI IRQ
> router. Kernel was not able to receive any interrupts from network card,
> which PCI slot IRQ pin A was routed to PIRQ line D of VIA PCI IRQ
> router. According to VIA specs, PIRQ D routing is out of standard
> 'nibble' scheme.
>   I tested patch with 2.4.20 kernel, it can be applied to 2.4.22-pre2 as
> well.
>   Thanks to my employer (Phoenix Technologies) who kindly allowed me to
> make this patch public.

Thanks much!  Please continue to encourage your employer to contribute 
to open source.  Posting patches like this means that all Linux via 
users have a more stable system to use.


> --- linux-2.4.20/arch/i386/kernel/pci-irq_old.c	2002-11-28 15:53:09.000000000 -0800
> +++ linux-2.4.20/arch/i386/kernel/pci-irq.c	2003-05-21 17:27:40.000000000 -0700
> @@ -198,12 +198,27 @@
>   */
>  static int pirq_via_get(struct pci_dev *router, struct pci_dev *dev, int pirq)
>  {
> -	return read_config_nybble(router, 0x55, pirq);
> +    u8 x;
> +
> +    if ( pirq == 4 ) {
> +        pci_read_config_byte(router, 0x57, &x);
> +        return (x >> 4);
> +    } else {
> +        return read_config_nybble(router, 0x55, pirq);
> +    }
>  }

If you don't mind, I would prefer the attached patch, which is a little 
bit less verbose.

I will make sure this fix is merged into 2.4 and 2.5, if noone beats me 
to it.

	Jeff