[RFC][PATCH 3/9] Support for old IBM PReP boxes

Tom Rini trini at kernel.crashing.org
Fri Jun 18 02:16:16 EST 2004


On Thu, Jun 10, 2004 at 05:55:56PM +0100, Leigh Brown wrote:

>
> This patch adds a function residual_pcidev_irq() which finds out
> from the residual data which IRQ the given PCI device should use.
> The interesting part about this patch is the changes I made to
> prep_pcibios_fixup().  The old code was more than a little
> opaque so I tried to change it to make it a bit clearer.  I'd
> definitely be pleased if someone could cast their eyes over
> that bit.

Is this jsut a "Residual Data is Good" type change, or does it fix some
set of IBM machines?  I ask since residual data on Motorola PRePs can be
incorrect, iirc.

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Tom Rini
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