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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/i8259.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/i8259.c | 20 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/i8259.c b/arch/x86/kernel/i8259.c index 2e977b5d61d..8af817105e2 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/i8259.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/i8259.c @@ -299,13 +299,31 @@ static void unmask_8259A(void) static void init_8259A(int auto_eoi) { unsigned long flags; + unsigned char probe_val = ~(1 << PIC_CASCADE_IR); + unsigned char new_val; i8259A_auto_eoi = auto_eoi; raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&i8259A_lock, flags); - outb(0xff, PIC_MASTER_IMR); /* mask all of 8259A-1 */ + /* + * Check to see if we have a PIC. + * Mask all except the cascade and read + * back the value we just wrote. If we don't + * have a PIC, we will read 0xff as opposed to the + * value we wrote. + */ outb(0xff, PIC_SLAVE_IMR); /* mask all of 8259A-2 */ + outb(probe_val, PIC_MASTER_IMR); + new_val = inb(PIC_MASTER_IMR); + if (new_val != probe_val) { + printk(KERN_INFO "Using NULL legacy PIC\n"); + legacy_pic = &null_legacy_pic; + raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&i8259A_lock, flags); + return; + } + + outb(0xff, PIC_MASTER_IMR); /* mask all of 8259A-1 */ /* * outb_pic - this has to work on a wide range of PC hardware. |