Re: [PATCH] Fix complete freeze on Dell latitude in nm256_audio.c

[Alan Cox]

> Please add this to the 2.4 tree.  Without it, Dell Latitude laptops
> completely freeze when loading the module.  Thanks.

The change below has been in the tree for a while already

> --- linux/drivers/sound/nm256_audio.c.orig      Sun Sep 30 21:26:08 2001
> +++ linux/drivers/sound/nm256_audio.c   Wed May 22 19:46:48 2002
> @@ -896,7 +896,9 @@
> 
>      /* Reset the mixer.  'Tis magic!  */
>      nm256_writePort8 (card, 2, 0x6c0, 1);
> -    nm256_writePort8 (card, 2, 0x6cc, 0x87);
> +    /* The following line crashes Dell Latitude laptops and doesn't
> +     * seem to do any harm on other machines.
> +    nm256_writePort8 (card, 2, 0x6cc, 0x87); */
>      nm256_writePort8 (card, 2, 0x6cc, 0x80);
>      nm256_writePort8 (card, 2, 0x6cc, 0x0);