Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030303AbVKPMZ4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Nov 2005 07:25:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030305AbVKPMZ4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Nov 2005 07:25:56 -0500 Received: from s0003.shadowconnect.net ([213.239.201.226]:15086 "EHLO mail.shadowconnect.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030303AbVKPMZ4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Nov 2005 07:25:56 -0500 Message-ID: <437B254E.9040909@shadowconnect.com> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 13:25:50 +0100 From: Markus Lidel User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Windows/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "David S. Miller" CC: akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] I2O: SPARC fixes References: <4379AADD.5000600@shadowconnect.com> <20051115.132836.41612515.davem@davemloft.net> In-Reply-To: <20051115.132836.41612515.davem@davemloft.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1492 Lines: 51 Hello, David S. Miller wrote: > From: Markus Lidel >>+config I2O_LCT_NOTIFY_ON_CHANGES >>+ bool "Enable LCT notification" >>+ depends on I2O >>+ default y >>+ ---help--- >>+ Only say N here if you have a I2O controller from SUN. The SUN >>+ firmware doesn't support LCT notification on changes. If this option >>+ is enabled on such a controller the driver will hang up in a endless >>+ loop. On all other controllers say Y. >>+ >>+ If unsure, say Y. >>+ > > This should be detected at runtime, and that is easily done. > You can use the PCI device to get at the firmware device > node, and use that to look for a firmware device node property > that identifies it as a card from Sun. > Usually the "name" property has some identifying string in it. > Sometimes there is a property with the string "fcode" in it and you > could look for that as well. OK, i'll look at it... Thanks for the hint! Best regards, Markus Lidel ------------------------------------------ Markus Lidel (Senior IT Consultant) Shadow Connect GmbH Carl-Reisch-Weg 12 D-86381 Krumbach Germany Phone: +49 82 82/99 51-0 Fax: +49 82 82/99 51-11 E-Mail: Markus.Lidel@shadowconnect.com URL: http://www.shadowconnect.com - 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/