[LinuxBIOS] i82801DB PCI Bridge locking up

[joe at smittys.pointclark.net]

Quoting joe at smittys.pointclark.net:

> Quoting Tom Sylla <tsylla at gmail.com>:
>
>> joe at smittys.pointclark.net wrote:
>>> So, I should just need to clear any parity and serr errors after
>>> pci_bus_enable_resources() function runs but before the
>>> pci_dev_enable_resources() function runs. Like this:
>>
>> Well, my suggestion was only to try that as a debug tactic. PERR or
>> SERR set is probably something bad: misconfigured or misbehaving
>> hardware. I don't know if blindly clearing them at first is the right
>> solution, especially for all boards.
>>
>> It is only an interesting piece of data if that fix works reliably on
>> your board.
>
> Well I figured out what the problem is. I have a parity error in the
> PD_STS?Primary Device Status Register 0x06 and can't clear the bit 15.
> When I try it just goes back to 0x8080. I am supposed to be able to
> clear this bit by writing a 1 to the bit location. Why won't it let me
> clear this bit?? Hugh...this is so frustrating...I am so close:-(
>
>
Anyone??

Thanks - Joe