Re: [PATCH] adaptec 1210sa

[Justin T. Gibbs]

>> the idea suggested by Justin was to clear bits 6 and 7 at 0x8a of pci 
>> configuration space. (which I hope did fine :)
>> 
>> Thanks Justin :)
> 
> 
> Does the aar1210 have a different PCI id?  That would make it easy to
> distinguish, and thus easy to selectively apply your patch only to Adaptec
> chipsets that need it.

The change is harmless for controllers using non-adaptec BIOSes.  You'll
find that on these other controllers, the interrupt masks are already
clear.  If this wasn't the case, the current Linux driver wouldn't work
even on stock boards.

--
Justin

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