Re: Kernel compiling and Bandit chip


Subject: Re: Kernel compiling and Bandit chip
From: Robert Vogt IV (vogt@arborhost.com)
Date: Mon Jul 09 2001 - 09:05:55 MDT


    

>>When I tried to compile 2.4.6, I got an error when compiling
>>arch/ppc/kernel/pmac_pci.c - it complained that PCI_VENDOR_ID_APPLE_BANDIT
>>wasn't defined. I found in include/linux/pci_ids.h a variable that looked
>>similar - PCI_DEVICE_ID_APPLE_BANDIT - but nothing identical. So, I
>>changed arch/ppc/kernel/pmac_pci.c to use PCI_DEVICE_ID_APPLE_BANDIT
>>instead of the other one, and the compile continued like it was supposed
>>to - and like I said, it's been stable and fast ever since.

    This is wrong. The Bandit chip is the PCI bridge in the 7500, 8500, and
9500. The DEVICE_ID should be different from the VENDOR_ID (which is
Apple's - 1000, I think - check Open Firmware); however, this shouldn't be a
problem unless you have a machine with a Bandit chip.

                        -Robert Vogt IV



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