linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block MSI on Sony

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Message-ID: <20070129163143.30e9e930@freekitty>
Date:	Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:31:43 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	tglx@...utronix.de
Cc:	Frédéric Riss <frederic.riss@...il.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block MSI on Sony

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:31:33 +0100
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:

> On Mon, 2007-01-29 at 16:21 -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > > > The Sony VAIO BIOS resets to INTx on resume. This happens
> > > > after device resume, so device irq's get misrouted.
> > > 
> > > Err? My Sony VAIO does _NOT_ do that. It works fine without that. 
> > > It's just the sky2 hackery which fucked up things.
> > 
> > What machine and BIOS version?
> 
> VGN-SZ2XP_C
> BIOS: R0081N0

Mine is:
	VGN-N170G
	BIOS: R0020J4

It might be BIOS bug that has been fixed, but updating the
BIOS requires Windows. It checks for some ID so even Wine
won't work.


-- 
Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
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