In 2.4.10 the pci subsystem stopped using the bios to access the PCI
config space when no direct method is detected even though it does
detect that it *can* use the bios leaving my machine PCI-less :-(.
This patch restores the older saner behavior and shouldn't affect any
working system.
-Jim
diff -Nru linux-2.5.44/arch/i386/pci/direct.c linux-2.5.44-bios/arch/i386/pci/direct.c
--- linux-2.5.44/arch/i386/pci/direct.c Sat Oct 26 00:39:23 2002
+++ linux-2.5.44-bios/arch/i386/pci/direct.c Sat Oct 26 00:39:23 2002
@@ -261,7 +261,6 @@
}
local_irq_restore(flags);
- pci_root_ops = NULL;
return 0;
}