Silicon Motion chip on amd64

[Free Ekanayaka]

Hi Alex,

|--==> Alex Deucher writes:

  AD> for now just the one in SMI_WriteMode() in smi_driver.c in the
  AD> siliconmotion driver.  You can either grab the source from git or grab
  AD> the siliconmotion source package from your distro.  Then comment out
  AD> the line and re-build the driver.  be sure to back up your old one
  AD> first.

It worked! I still  have to get  a fully working configuration (a miss
the touchscreen pointer), but xorg now starts correctly.

Is there any side-effect when commenting that line of code?

Thanks a lot,

Free