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diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/ncr53c8xx.txt b/Documentation/scsi/ncr53c8xx.txt index 1d508dcbf859..8586efff1e99 100644 --- a/Documentation/scsi/ncr53c8xx.txt +++ b/Documentation/scsi/ncr53c8xx.txt @@ -786,7 +786,6 @@ port address 0x1400. irqm:1 same as initial settings (assumed BIOS settings) irqm:2 always totem pole irqm:0x10 driver will not use IRQF_SHARED flag when requesting irq - irqm:0x20 driver will not use IRQF_DISABLED flag when requesting irq (Bits 0x10 and 0x20 can be combined with hardware irq mode option) @@ -1231,30 +1230,6 @@ they only refer to system buffers that are well aligned. So, a work around may only be needed under Linux when a scatter/gather list is not used and when the SCSI DATA IN phase is reentered after a phase mismatch. -14.5 IRQ sharing problems - -When an IRQ is shared by devices that are handled by different drivers, it -may happen that one driver complains about the request of the IRQ having -failed. Inder Linux-2.0, this may be due to one driver having requested the -IRQ using the IRQF_DISABLED flag but some other having requested the same IRQ -without this flag. Under both Linux-2.0 and linux-2.2, this may be caused by -one driver not having requested the IRQ with the IRQF_SHARED flag. - -By default, the ncr53c8xx and sym53c8xx drivers request IRQs with both the -IRQF_DISABLED and the IRQF_SHARED flag under Linux-2.0 and with only the IRQF_SHARED -flag under Linux-2.2. - -Under Linux-2.0, you can disable use of IRQF_DISABLED flag from the boot -command line by using the following option: - - ncr53c8xx=irqm:0x20 (for the generic ncr53c8xx driver) - sym53c8xx=irqm:0x20 (for the sym53c8xx driver) - -If this does not fix the problem, then you may want to check how all other -drivers are requesting the IRQ and report the problem. Note that if at least -a single driver does not request the IRQ with the IRQF_SHARED flag (share IRQ), -then the request of the IRQ obviously will not succeed for all the drivers. - 15. SCSI problem troubleshooting 15.1 Problem tracking |