linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add base_hi BAR for oxsemi

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Date:	Wed, 2 Jul 2008 00:24:21 +0200
From:	Bernhard Walle <bwalle@...e.de>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add base_hi BAR for oxsemi_840

* Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> [2008-07-01 15:00]:
> > 
> > --- a/drivers/parport/parport_pc.c
> > +++ b/drivers/parport/parport_pc.c
> > @@ -2877,7 +2877,7 @@ static struct parport_pc_pci {
> >  	 * and 840 locks up if you write 1 to bit 2! */
> >  	/* oxsemi_952 */		{ 1, { { 0, 1 }, } },
> >  	/* oxsemi_954 */		{ 1, { { 0, -1 }, } },
> > -	/* oxsemi_840 */		{ 1, { { 0, -1 }, } },
> > +	/* oxsemi_840 */		{ 1, { { 0, 1 }, } },
> >  	/* aks_0100 */                  { 1, { { 0, -1 }, } },
> >  	/* mobility_pp */		{ 1, { { 0, 1 }, } },
> >  	/* netmos_9705 */               { 1, { { 0, -1 }, } }, /* untested */
> 
> My parport knowledge doesn't permit me to understand how serious the
> just-fixed bug was.  Non-functional parport?
> 
> If so, this looks like a 2.6.26 and 2.6.25.x fix?

No, for good old printers, everything works. It's just that ECR
register was not available (the base_hi stuff). Because of that,
the TRISTATE detection did not work, which meant that for me my
self-built logic analyzer which uses the parallel port did not work.

Just merge in 2.6.27 is enough. :)


Bernhard
-- 
Bernhard Walle, SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Architecture Development
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