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

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:29:25 -0200
From:	Otavio Salvador <otavio@...ystems.com.br>
To:	Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@...il.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Vortex86SX: only works with irqpoll

Hello Robert,

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 11:29 PM, Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@...il.com> wrote:
> Looking at the BIOS manual on their web site:
>
> ftp://download@....dmp.com.tw/vortex86sx/Vortex86SX_BIOS_Manual.pdf
>
> you can try toggling a few of the options: Try switching OnBoard IDE Operate
> Mode between Legacy Mode and Native Mode. If the kernel and the actual
> device disagree here, that could cause IRQ delivery problems. You can also
> try playing with the "Plug & Play OS" setting.

The machine with me has no "OnBoard IDE Operate Mode" option. "Plug &
Play OS" has been tried with "Yes" and "No".

If the kernel and the actual device disagree, could it  also "break"
the ethernet adaptor? This also doesn't work.

-- 
Otavio Salvador                  O.S. Systems
E-mail: otavio@...ystems.com.br  http://www.ossystems.com.br
Mobile: +55 53 9981-7854         http://projetos.ossystems.com.br
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/