> > Some days ago I install 4.2 on IBM machine (not so new PIII hardware). > > At first booting system freeze on "iic at piixpm". I do "disable iic" > > after boot -c. > > So I comment out #iic* at piixpm? in GENERIC and rebuild it. > > Once you disabled it with 'boot -c', just make this change permanent > with 'config -u'; there is no need to recompile. > Ok, but I'm scared to forget about and get freezed machine in closed datacenter... (after rebuild kernel)
> Either > > (a) the hard way: read iic(4), learn how it is supposed to work, read > the source, write the actual code that makes it work, send the diff > Yes... I have a little skills, but I'll try. My actual question was like this: "How can I do some debug to see what happens?" > > piixpm0 at pci0 dev 15 function 0 "ServerWorks OSB4" rev 0x4f: polling > > iic at piixpm0 not configured > > well, how come it is still there? Nothing more than > > So I comment out #iic* at piixpm? in GENERIC and rebuild it. that's what I do. -- engineer
