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Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:29:25 -0200
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Subject: Re: Vortex86SX: only works with irqpoll
From: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
To: Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@gmail.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
       linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
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Hello Robert,

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 11:29 PM, Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@gmail.com> wrote:
> Looking at the BIOS manual on their web site:
>
> ftp://download@ftp.dmp.com.tw/vortex86sx/Vortex86SX_BIOS_Manual.pdf
>
> you can try toggling a few of the options: Try switching OnBoard IDE Operate
> Mode between Legacy Mode and Native Mode. If the kernel and the actual
> device disagree here, that could cause IRQ delivery problems. You can also
> try playing with the "Plug & Play OS" setting.

The machine with me has no "OnBoard IDE Operate Mode" option. "Plug &
Play OS" has been tried with "Yes" and "No".

If the kernel and the actual device disagree, could it  also "break"
the ethernet adaptor? This also doesn't work.

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