[LinuxBIOS] EPIA fix for non working IDE

[Peter Stuge]

Hey Ben,

please keep the discussion on the list. Thanks!


On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 05:27:29PM +0100, Ben Hewson wrote:
> >Hm, I don't know about this, this file is used with
> >densitron/dpx114 also and it should also have this fixup in
> >auto.c.
> 
> Does the densitron/dpx114 board still boot  with the current
> version of LB ?

I don't know, but let's try not to make it any worse in any case.


> >Ben, is there really no way to have that register setting in the
> >8231 code in v2?
> 
> I can think of only 2 reasons why the write to register 0x42 does
> not work properly in ide_init(). Either it must be done before the
> IDE peripheral is enabled (it is disabled by default)

This makes sense.


> or it is a timing issue.

Also possible, but mode before enable seems more likely.


> If we move the fix from auto.c it would probably need to go before
> the IDE enable in vt8231_init().
> At this point dev does not point to the correct PCI section,
> however the 2 lines of code in auto.c could be moved there.

Sure, finding the IDE device is neccessary.


> Alternatively the IDE enable in vt8231_init() could be moved to
> ide_init(), but again dev does not then point to the correct PCI
> registers to enable the IDE.
> 
> Not sure which solution would be the most elegant. Do you have any
> preference ?

Not sure there is an elegant solution to this in v2 but I prefer the
first solution, set compatibility mode before enabling IDE in _init.


//Peter