*ron minnich wrote:
*> On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
/ Reading the Linux kernel sources it seems that Linux _does_ expect the
/> >/ devices to have interrupts assigned already, which obviously LinuxBIOS /> >/ does not do. This has to be "fixed" if LinuxBIOS shall be open to /> >/ anybody not patching special kernels that do the right thing. />
no. In 2.4, in the right circumstances, the kernel can assign interrupts just fine.
Does linux2.4 assign interrupts accroding to the pirq table? Does linux assign interrupts even if BIOS already assigned the interrupts?
/ If we provide tables at all, can we maybe drop the irq table and only
/> >/ use the mptable? />
no, sadly the kernel needs an irq table for pci bus scanning.
ron
Does linuxbios now provide dynamic way to write pirq table?
Regards, Liu Tao