Re: [PATCH] IDE: don't offer IDE_GENERIC on ia64

[Jeff Garzik]

Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> IA64 boxes only have PCI IDE devices, so there's no need to blindly poke
> around in I/O port space.  Poking at things that don't exist causes MCAs
> on HP ia64 systems.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@xxxxxx>
>
> Index: work-vga/drivers/ide/Kconfig
> ===================================================================
> --- work-vga.orig/drivers/ide/Kconfig	2005-08-10 14:57:47.000000000 -0600
> +++ work-vga/drivers/ide/Kconfig	2005-08-10 14:58:02.000000000 -0600
> @@ -276,6 +276,7 @@
>  
>  config IDE_GENERIC
>  	tristate "generic/default IDE chipset support"
> +	depends on !IA64


hmmmmmmmmm.  Are you POSITIVE that the legacy IDE ports are never enabled?

In modern Intel chipsets, this still occurs with e.g. combined mode.

	Jeff


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