Re: [Bug 9514] it87 probe failure in 2.6.24-rc -- what now?

From: Mike Houston
Date: Thu Jan 17 2008 - 17:00:45 EST


On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:38:57 -0700
Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@xxxxxx> wrote:

> Where are we with this problem?
> (http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9514)

> The second option I see is to use my patch
> (http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=14267&action=view)
> to make it87 request only the ports it uses.

> Whatever we do, it'd be nice to have a fix in 2.6.24, and I think my
> patch is the least evil for now.

>From my perspective it sure seems to be the least evil, because it
only touches what needs to be touched for my situation. I of course
can't say how it would affect others.

I'm still using your patch (on 2.6.24-rc8 now) but I'll test whatever
other solutions you folks may come up with.

Mike Houston
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