Re: Vortex86SX: only works with irqpoll

[Robert Hancock]

On 11/24/2009 05:29 AM, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> Hello Robert,
>
> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 11:29 PM, Robert Hancock<hancockrwd@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> > Looking at the BIOS manual on their web site:
> >
> > ftp://download@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/vortex86sx/Vortex86SX_BIOS_Manual.pdf
> >
> > you can try toggling a few of the options: Try switching OnBoard IDE Operate
> > Mode between Legacy Mode and Native Mode. If the kernel and the actual
> > device disagree here, that could cause IRQ delivery problems. You can also
> > try playing with the "Plug&  Play OS" setting.
>
> The machine with me has no "OnBoard IDE Operate Mode" option. "Plug&
> Play OS" has been tried with "Yes" and "No".
>
> If the kernel and the actual device disagree, could it  also "break"
> the ethernet adaptor? This also doesn't work.

Well, the ethernet adapter would likely be a different problem. Do you 
get any interrupts showing up in /proc/interrupts for either the disk or 
the network adapter?
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