[LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] Drop src/southbridge/amd/amd8131-disable/*

[Uwe Hermann]

Can somebody please enlighten me what the point of
src/southbridge/amd/amd8131-disable is? Otherwise I think we should kill
it ASAP.

Uwe.

[Stefan Reinauer]

* Uwe Hermann  [070521 15:27]:
> Can somebody please enlighten me what the point of
> src/southbridge/amd/amd8131-disable is? Otherwise I think we should kill
> it ASAP.

It is required for the case that you want to keep LinuxBIOS from
scanning for the devices hanging off a certain 8131.

[Uwe Hermann]

On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 04:53:10PM +0200, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> Uwe Hermann  [070521 15:27]:
> > Can somebody please enlighten me what the point of
> > src/southbridge/amd/amd8131-disable is? Otherwise I think we should kill
> > it ASAP.
>
> It is required for the case that you want to keep LinuxBIOS from
> scanning for the devices hanging off a certain 8131.

Hm, ok, but can't this be done in src/southbridge/amd/amd8131 via
#ifdef's or config variables or something?

Uwe.

[Stefan Reinauer]

* Uwe Hermann  [070521 17:30]:
> > It is required for the case that you want to keep LinuxBIOS from
> > scanning for the devices hanging off a certain 8131.
>
> Hm, ok, but can't this be done in src/southbridge/amd/amd8131 via
> #ifdef's or config variables or something?

by adding a config variable (aka register) -- yes probably.

[ron minnich]

On 5/21/07, Stefan Reinauer  wrote:
> Uwe Hermann  [070521 17:30]:
> > > It is required for the case that you want to keep LinuxBIOS from
> > > scanning for the devices hanging off a certain 8131.
> >
> > Hm, ok, but can't this be done in src/southbridge/amd/amd8131 via
> > #ifdef's or config variables or something?
>
> by adding a config variable (aka register) -- yes probably.

If you can't test it don't make the change. This one is tricky, is my guess.

ron

[Uwe Hermann]

On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 09:08:27AM -0700, ron minnich wrote:
> On 5/21/07, Stefan Reinauer  wrote:
> > Uwe Hermann  [070521 17:30]:
> > > > It is required for the case that you want to keep LinuxBIOS from
> > > > scanning for the devices hanging off a certain 8131.
> > >
> > > Hm, ok, but can't this be done in src/southbridge/amd/amd8131 via
> > > #ifdef's or config variables or something?
> >
> > by adding a config variable (aka register) -- yes probably.
>
> If you can't test it don't make the change. This one is tricky, is my guess.

OK, can somebody test a patch? I don't have the required hardware.

Uwe.