[PReP][PATCH] Fix ISA PIC interrupt acknowledge address detection

Tom Rini trini at kernel.crashing.org
Sat Sep 18 00:46:14 EST 2004


On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 02:23:48PM -0500, Hollis Blanchard wrote:

> On Sep 16, 2004, at 1:25 PM, Leigh Brown wrote:
> 
> >The ISA PIC address for acknowledging interrupts is actually defined
> >in residual data as a 32-bit system address, rather than a 32-bit
> >memory address.  This is rather embarrasing, as I don't think this
> >function has done the right thing, ever.
> >
> >Tested and working fine on my Carolina and 140.
> 
> And this is important, as 2.6.9-rcX suffer from the dreaded Carolina 
> "lost interrupt" problems. Could we try to get this patch into 2.6.9 
> final?

I'll try and get this in quickly.

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Tom Rini
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