Re: ISA core vs. ISA card support

Eric S. Raymond (esr@thyrsus.com)
Thu, 27 Dec 2001 20:02:38 -0500


Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>:
> I have tested on a couple of legacy free boxes. However they still have
> what were once ISA devices lurking (IDE initial setup etc). Many PCI only
> boxes have serial ports, parallel, floppy, even ISA style audio devices
> on the mainboard internal busses
>
> ISA slots I agree is a useful distinction however

Thanks, that's helpful. I'll introduce an ISA_SLOTS private symbol, then.
Later perhaps we can actually make this distinction in C code; sounds
like it would be a good idea.

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