linux-kernel - Re: Vortex86SX: only works with irqpoll

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Date:	Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:32:29 +0100
From:	Juergen Beisert <jbe@...gutronix.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Otavio Salvador <otavio@...ystems.com.br>
Subject: Re: Vortex86SX: only works with irqpoll

On Donnerstag, 19. November 2009, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> I got this machine working booting it with "irqpoll" parameter however
> it drops the performance a lot and I'd like to try to fix the root
> problem of it.
>
> Without 'irqpoll' the disk and network adaptor doesn't work.

What kernel revision do you are using?

We are using a Vortex86DX here and it works as expected. But I do not know the 
differences in the SoCs of Vortex86SX and Vortex86DX (okay, SX lacks the 
floating point unit). Find our dmesg output attached. Maybe it could help.

jbe

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