Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:03:55 -0800
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk>
Cc: Gabriel C <nix.or.die@googlemail.com>, Dave Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>,
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       Gabriel C <crazy@frugalware.org>,
       Doug Thompson <dougthompson@xmission.com>
Subject: Re: modular intel-agp does not work on my box
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On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:19:21 -0500 Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk> wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 04:27:33AM +0100, Gabriel C wrote:
>  > Gabriel C wrote:
>  > > Dave Airlie wrote:
>  > >>> Hi,
>  > >>>
>  > >>> When building agp* modular ( CONFIG_AGP=y/m and CONFIG_AGP_INTEL=m ) intel-agp does nothing on my box 
>  > >>> ( Dell Precision WorkStation 530 MT ) chipset is not being detected.
>  > >>>
>  > >>> Building both Y fixes that and agpgart works and also detects my chipset.
>  > >> Have you got EDAC modules built as well? they might be taking ownership 
>  > >> when they shouldn't..
>  > >>
>  > > 
>  > > Yes I have EDAC built modular. I will build latest git without EDAC and agp modular
>  > > and let you know if that fixes ( workarounds ;) ) the problem.
>  > 
>  > You are right without EDAC built , agp modular does work fine. I'm on 2.6.25-rc2-00477-g1a4c6be right now.
>  > 
>  > So it is an EDAC bug ?
>  
> No, it's a failing of the pci driver model. It currently doesn't
> allow more than one driver to be bound to a single PCI device.
> For multi-function devices like bridges, this means we see problems
> like the one you mention.
> 

Well that sounds pretty bad.  What will distros do about this?

Is there something short-term-and-sleazy we can do to "fix" it?
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