Re: 2.6.10-rc2 doesn't boot (if no floppy device)

[Adrian Bunk]

On Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 10:28:27AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>...
> So I think the simpler fix is just this one-liner: we should not disable
> preexisting links, because non-PCI devices may depend on the same routing
> information, and thus the comments about "being activated on use" is not
> actually true.

I can confirm this patch fixes the problem for me in an otherwise 
unmodified 2.6.10-rc2.

> 		Linus
> 
> ===== drivers/acpi/pci_link.c 1.34 vs edited =====
> --- 1.34/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c	2004-11-01 23:40:09 -08:00
> +++ edited/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c	2004-11-20 09:43:56 -08:00
> @@ -685,9 +685,6 @@
>  	acpi_link.count++;
>  
>  end:
> -	/* disable all links -- to be activated on use */
> -	acpi_ut_evaluate_object(link->handle, "_DIS", 0, NULL);
> -
>  	if (result)
>  		kfree(link);

cu
Adrian

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