diff -Nru a/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c b/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c
--- a/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c	Wed Feb 25 21:11:46 2004
+++ b/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c	Wed Mar 24 18:47:48 2004
@@ -402,10 +402,8 @@
 		ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_ERROR, "Unable to read status\n"));
 		return_VALUE(result);
 	}
-	if (!link->device->status.enabled) {
-		ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_ERROR, "Link disabled\n"));
-		return_VALUE(-ENODEV);
-	}
+	if (!link->device->status.enabled)
+		ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, "Link disabled: VIA chipset? Trying to continue\n"));
 
 	/* Make sure the active IRQ is the one we requested. */
 	result = acpi_pci_link_try_get_current(link, irq);
@@ -415,11 +413,9 @@
    
 	if (link->irq.active != irq) {
 		ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_ERROR, 
-			"Attempt to enable at IRQ %d resulted in IRQ %d\n", 
-			irq, link->irq.active));
-		link->irq.active = 0;
-		acpi_ut_evaluate_object (link->handle, "_DIS", 0, NULL);	   
-		return_VALUE(-ENODEV);
+			"Attempt to enable at IRQ %d resulted in IRQ %d: VIA chipset? Using irq %d\n", 
+			irq, link->irq.active, irq));
+		link->irq.active = irq;
 	}
 
 	ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, "Set IRQ %d\n", link->irq.active));