Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2002-08-06

Re: Tablet PC + 2.4.18 + acpi 20020726 + swsup11 working !

From: Randy.Dunlap <hidden>
Date: 2002-08-06 14:24:10

On Tue, 6 Aug 2002, Ducrot Bruno wrote:

| On Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 03:28:27PM +0200, Jörg Sonnenberger wrote:
| > Am Dienstag, 6. August 2002 14:04 schrieb Robert Wörle:
| > > So what is this pci1 and pic2 thing ??? and why is it residing at my
| > > wanted IO ???
| >
| > Let me guess: PIC = Programmable Interrupt Controller,
| > so I think you don't wanna mess with it! The interesting question is, why is
| > your device in this range? This ports are reserved since the days of IBM's
| > good old AT.
| >
|
| Well, not all those ports are used by the original 8259A.  And the PIC 2, is
| 'only' at range A0-AF, according to Ralf Brown list.  Linux extend it a little,
| but I don't know why.

I guess it depends on which chipset is used or checked then.
I just checked the 82801BA-ICH2 (Intel).
It says that PIC2 is in about 1/2 of the IO addresses between
0xa0 and 0xbd inclusive, with 0xb2-0xb3 used for Power Management.

-- 
~Randy



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