migrate VIA vt5426 to PCChip M787CL(not M787CL+)

riskin at esinosoft.com riskin at esinosoft.com
Tue Nov 25 01:33:01 CET 2003


After doing test,I find that if linux kernel scans devfn above 0xA0,
the chipset locks up.

Could somebody please give me advice to fix the bug?

riskin

>>After I migrated VIA vt5426 to new mainboard(PCChips M787CL,not M787CL+:
>> NB is VT8601,SB is VT82C686B),when probing PCI devices,the kernel
>> halted.So is there any option in LinuxBIOS need to be configed to avoid
>> the kernel halt? But the kernel can work well on PCChips M/B bios.

>This is an old bug with the chipset. I think we may still have a patch for 
>it. If linux scans any devfn above (I think) 0x40, the chipset locks up. 

>Sorry.

>ron



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