Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261724AbTKLF3P (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Nov 2003 00:29:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261746AbTKLF3P (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Nov 2003 00:29:15 -0500 Received: from fw.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:48843 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261724AbTKLF3P (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Nov 2003 00:29:15 -0500 Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 21:29:05 -0800 (PST) From: Linus Torvalds To: Jeff Garzik cc: Daniel Craig , Subject: Re: 2.6.0-test9-bk16 ALi M5229 kernel boot error In-Reply-To: <3FB1ADEC.80600@pobox.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 726 Lines: 20 On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > For a little bit of history, this 'if' test succeeds on Alpha. We > return here on Alpha to avoid x86-specific stuff. It's not x86-specific stuff, it's literally specific to the ISA bridge. And I'm pretty sure this horrid test was there at least partly for a Transmeta setup that had a non-ALI northbridge together with an ALI southbridge. The fact that it _also_ triggers on other machines may well be true, though. Linus - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/