linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add SATA device to VIA IRQ quirk fixup list

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Message-Id: <1153922774.4486.7.camel@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Wed, 26 Jul 2006 15:06:14 +0100
From:	Sergio Monteiro Basto <sergio@...giomb.no-ip.org>
To:	Daniel Drake <dsd@...too.org>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Chris Wedgwood <cw@...f.org>, greg@...ah.com, jeff@...zik.org,
	harmon@....edu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add SATA device to VIA IRQ quirk fixup list

On Wed, 2006-07-26 at 14:59 +0100, Daniel Drake wrote:
> Sergio Monteiro Basto wrote:
> > I want put here something like:  if ( dev->irq != XT-PIC) return and
> > don't quirk this dev.
> 
> I can't explain why, but this is not sufficient. Gentoo now have 2 
> completely separate bug reports where the quirk is *only* needed when 
> ACPI/APIC are enabled.
> 

No, Quirks are only need when interrupts are in XT-PIC. (is my bet).
When APIC and ACPI is enabled (and working) we don't need quirks.

Someone said on XT-PIC VIA system, don't need, to boot, quirks when ACPI
is disabled, but this statement don't prove that the quirk aren't need
it . 

--
Sérgio M. B. 


> http://bugs.gentoo.org/138036
> http://bugs.gentoo.org/141082
> 
> I'm not disputing that there are other systems where the opposite is 
> true, but at least with our current level of understanding we cannot 
> apply the quirk on an irq-type basis.
> 
> Daniel
> 

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