Re: [PATCH] PnP Changes for 2.5.72

[Bill Davidsen]

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On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, Andrey Panin wrote:

> On 171, 06 20, 2003 at 06:55:47AM +0100, Russell King wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 11:42:49PM +0000, Adam Belay wrote:
> > > I removed avoid_irq_share because the current pnp code, like the previous, does 
> > > not allow irq sharing.  Also it corrupts the device rule structure by replacing 
> > > it with modified values that may not apply after devices are disabled etc.
> > > Is there a set of conditions I could follow to determine if a serial pnp device 
> > > is capable of irq sharing, and also with which other devices can a capable 
> > > device share an irq?  If so, I could have the resource manager handle this type 
> > > of situation when few irqs are available.
> > 
> > The problem is one of a lack of historical information on why it was
> > added.  The driver itself allows serial ports to share interrupts between
> > themselves.  Maybe tytso knows why the "Rockwell 56K ACF II Fax+Data+Voice
> > Modem" is unable to share IRQs?
> 
> It was me who added this crappy quirk.
> 
> My ELine modem which identified itself "Rockwell 56K ACF II Fax+Data+Voice Modem"
> was going mad when its IRQ was shared with any device. So I decided to add this
> quirk.
> 
> Personally I think that ISA IRQ sharing should be absolutely last resort technic,
> because ISA bus was never designed to support IRQ sharing sanely. If you have to
> enable ISA PnP device and do not have enough IRQ, you must print BIG FAT WARNING
> before doing this. May be kernel config options must be added for brave guys
> wanting to use ISA IRQ sharing.

But dumb multiport boards support sharing just fine:

0: uart:16550A port:3F8 irq:4 baud:1200 tx:6 rx:9587 RTS|CTS|DTR|DSR
1: uart:16550A port:2F8 irq:3 baud:9600 tx:9 rx:2 brk:2 
2: uart:unknown port:3E8 irq:4
3: uart:unknown port:2E8 irq:3
4: uart:16550A port:1A0 irq:5 baud:9600 tx:0 rx:0 CTS
5: uart:16550A port:1A8 irq:5 baud:9600 tx:0 rx:0 
6: uart:16550A port:1B0 irq:5 baud:9600 tx:0 rx:0 
7: uart:16550A port:1B8 irq:5 baud:9600 tx:0 rx:0 

There's more to it than just "it doesn't work." I note that 2.5.70 still
sets the NIC and AHA1540 to the same irq, while 2.4.18 doesn't. I gave up
on that, I can't change the hardware (specialty hardware) so I run 2.4
kernels. Someday I'll fight with it.

-- 
bill davidsen <[e-mail]>
  CTO, TMR Associates, Inc
Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.

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