Re: CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_IOMAPPED
On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 08:18:59PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 11:51:31AM +0200, Jens Schmalzing wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I recently encountered a machine (a Thinkpad 860) with a NCR 53C810
> > SCSI controller that would not work properly unless the config option
> > CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_IOMAPPED was set. Under these circumstances,
> > installation was a royal pain in the ass, and therefore, I am inclined
> > to trade performance for wider support and enable this in the PowerPC
> > kernel image packages.
> >
> > Any comments?
>
> Except for some broken x86 machines mapped I/O is a much better idea.
Urrg. I should read what the option actually does. It turns off mmio
not on as I thought.
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