Re: [LinuxBIOS] Geode GX1 PCI, VGA and Sound configuration -- was Re: Televideo TC7020 successfully booted with LinuxBiosV2

[ron minnich]

On 5/8/07, Juergen Beisert  wrote:
> Yes. With a working irq routing table and a (small) special Linux kernel patch
> (only with this patch Linux is able to setup the IRQ routing correctly. The
> patch was rejected in mainline, because it breaks other systems. The current
> kernel implementation is wrong, as it permuts the nibbles in the routing
> register. I have no idea how this could work on the other systems...)

This problem goes back six years. Fully half the GX1s on the planet
have a broken PIRQ table. It's enough to drive you crazy.

ron