linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86_64: fix problems due to use of "outb" to port 80 on some AMD64x2 laptops, etc.

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Date:	Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:49:27 -0800
From:	"Yinghai Lu" <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
To:	"David P. Reed" <dpreed@...d.com>
Cc:	"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"Rene Herman" <rene.herman@...access.nl>,
	"Pavel Machek" <pavel@....cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86_64: fix problems due to use of "outb" to port 80 on some AMD64x2 laptops, etc.

On Dec 13, 2007 6:59 PM, David P. Reed <dpreed@...d.com> wrote:
> Replace use of outb to "unused" diagnostic port 0x80 for time delay
> with udelay based time delay on x86_64 architecture machines.  Fix for
> bugs 9511 and 6307 in bugzilla, plus bugs reported in
> bugzilla.redhat.com.
>
> Derived from suggestion (that didn't compile) by Pavel Machek, and
> tested, also based on measurements of typical timings of out's
> collated by Rene Herman from many in the community.
>
> This patch fixes a number of bugs known to cause problems on HP
> Pavilion dv9000z and dv6000z laptops - in the form of solid freezes
> when hwclock is used to show or set the time.  Also, it potentially
> improves bus utilization on SMP machines, by using a waiting process
> that doesn't tie up the ISA/LPC bus for 1 or 2 microseconds.
>
> i386 family fixes (completely parallel) were not included, considering
> that such machines might involve more risk of problems on legacy machines.
>
> Signed-off-by: David P. Reed <dpreed@...d.com>
>
> Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc_64.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc_64.c
> +++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc_64.c
> @@ -269,10 +269,10 @@ static void putstr(const char *s)
>          RM_SCREEN_INFO.orig_y = y;
>
>          pos = (x + cols * y) * 2;       /* Update cursor position */
> -       outb_p(14, vidport);
> -       outb_p(0xff & (pos >> 9), vidport+1);
> -       outb_p(15, vidport);
> -       outb_p(0xff & (pos >> 1), vidport+1);
> +       outb(14, vidport);
> +       outb(0xff & (pos >> 9), vidport+1);
> +       outb(15, vidport);
> +       outb(0xff & (pos >> 1), vidport+1);
>   }
>
>   static void* memset(void* s, int c, unsigned n)
> Index: linux-2.6/include/asm/io_64.h
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/include/asm/io_64.h
> +++ linux-2.6/include/asm/io_64.h

include/asm-x64/io_64.h ?

YH
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