Re: Problems with Dell 4400

[Penty Wenngren <penty@nst.graphium.se>]

"Adam Thompson, MCNE, MCSE" wrote:
> 
> Penty Wenngren wrote:
> > pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios)
> > pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 vendor "Pequr Technology", unknown
> > product 0x9 rev 0x05
> > pchb1 at pci0 dev 0 function 1 vendor "Pequr Technology", unknown
> > product 0x9 rev 0x05
> [...]
> > pcib0 at pci0 dev 15 function 0 "Pequr Technology PCI" rev 0x4f
> > pchb2 at pci0 dev 17 function 0 vendor "Pequr Technology", unknown
> > product 0x9 rev 0x05
> > pchb3 at pci0 dev 17 function 1 vendor "Pequr Technology", unknown
> > product 0x9 rev 0x05
> 
> The 64-bit PCI slots are on the far side of an unrecognized PCI bridge
> chipset.  That chipset doesn't advertise itself as a PCI-PCI bridge but
> instead as a PCI-Host bridge.
> 
> "pcib0" = First detected PCI Bus
> "pchb0" to "pchb3" = first through fourth detected PCI-Host bridges,
> which usually implies that there's supposed to be a PCI bus (pci*) on
> the other side.  However, in the case of a pchb?, the chipset needs to
> be supported before the far-side pci bus can be detected.
> 
> What you've got there is an PCI bus that's connected to the (presumably)
> Intel 440HX or whatever it is chipset - but notice on the "pci0" line,
> the "(no bios)" comment.  That means that the kernel was unable to deal
> with the machine's BIOS32 entries.
> 
> [OK - if I'm off in left field on any of the details, just correct me
> politely.  I'm going from memory here.]
> 
> Good luck.  I can't believe this machine was RedHat-certified, since as
> far as I can tell, 6.1 doesn't support the Pequr chipset either.
> 

It's odd, isn't it...
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/certification/cert-report.php3?mod_machine_id=278

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Penty Wenngren // Graphium Norstedts Tryckeri AB