My most recent note from AMD said that they'd be sending
the workaround information to LKML and David Brownell
today. I'll send a quick query and see if they are on track
to still do this. A couple of days ago the documentation was
still going through their internal review process.
Miles
David Brownell wrote:
> If AMD doesn't publish their workaround soon, I'd be inclined
> to send a patch like this to Linus. The "WILL KILL SYSTEM"
> bit is overstated ... it's not quite that certain.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Manuel Estrada Sainz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 6:46 AM
> Subject: [linux-usb-devel] [PATCH] usb-ohci: forcing usage of a blacklisted device
>
>
>
>>Hello all,
>>
>> I personaly didn't have much trouble with my AMD-756 and anyway, I
>> can't exchange the hardware so I wrote the following patch agains 2.4.3
>> to be able to force usage of my hardware.
>>
>> I tried to clearly state that doing so is dangerous, if someone finds
>> a more frightening way of saying it, please do.
>>
>>
>> Hope you like it
>>
>>Manuel
>>
>>PS: Please reply directly, as I am not on the list.
>>
>>diff -urN kernel-source-2.4/drivers/usb/usb-ohci.c
>kernel-source-2.4-mine/drivers/usb/usb-ohci.c
>>--- kernel-source-2.4/drivers/usb/usb-ohci.c Fri Mar 30 11:52:38 2001
>>+++ kernel-source-2.4-mine/drivers/usb/usb-ohci.c Thu Apr 12 11:51:01 2001
>>@@ -89,6 +89,15 @@
>>
>> #define OHCI_UNLINK_TIMEOUT (HZ / 10)
>>
>>+/* PARAMETER VARIABLES: */
>>+static int force_blacklisted = 0; /* Use devices even if blacklisted.
>>+ Warning: someone has blacklisted your
>>+ hardware for a reason, by using this
>>+ you are on your own */
>>+
>>+MODULE_PARM(force_blacklisted, "i");
>>+MODULE_PARM_DESC(force_blacklisted, "Use devices even if blacklisted (THIS WILL
>KILL YOUR
>>
> SYSTEM)");
>
>>+
>> static LIST_HEAD (ohci_hcd_list);
>> static spinlock_t usb_ed_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
>>
>>@@ -2335,7 +2344,8 @@
>> if (id->driver_data) {
>> info ("%s (%s): %s", dev->slot_name,
>> dev->name, (char *) id->driver_data);
>>- return -ENODEV;
>>+ if(!force_blacklisted)
>>+ return -ENODEV;
>> }
>>
>> if (pci_enable_device(dev) < 0)
>>--
>>
>>-------------------------------------------------
>>Manuel Estrada
>>
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>-------------------------------------------------
>>God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, courage to
>>change the things we can, and wisdom to know the difference.
>>
>>
>
>
>
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