port-i386: Re: A fix for ACPI BIOS's which route interrupts, but don't report their work -- was: Re: Problems with ath(4) and interrupt sharing

Subject: Re: A fix for ACPI BIOS's which route interrupts, but don't report their work -- was: Re: Problems with ath(4) and interrupt sharing
To: None <port-i386@NetBSD.org>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 12/14/2007 16:17:48

Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@britannica.bec.de> writes:
>> > I am strongly opposing such an option.
>> 
>> What is your reasoning?
>
> We have seen enough cases where the BIOS just programmed junk into
> registers.

It seems reasonable to make it work regardless, but do you have a good
strategy in mind for doing that?

Perry