powerpc with gigabit card hanging
Matt Porter
mporter at kernel.crashing.org
Tue Sep 28 17:01:24 EST 2004
On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 01:45:27AM -0500, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
> >> Sure. But the interrupt _assignment_ should be done by firmware.
> >
> > I can't argue with ideaology.
>
> It's not ideology; it's what the PCI spec says.
>
> >> p.s. And I know this isn't always practically possible; but why
> >> then support a product like that at all, in the Open Source
> >> community?
> >
> > By this reasoning, we should also not support the many BIOS/OF
> > platforms that report incorrect data and have to have their
> > reported data fixed up by the kernel. That's gross too by the
> > same measure.
>
> There is a difference between patching some errors and doing
> all the work yourself.
I see your point of view and disagree.
> But hey, let not me stop you from doing this.
Don't worry, you won't. :)
-Matt
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