Messages in this thread | | | From | mlord <> | Subject | Re: Triton chipset & bridge optimizing | Date | Mon, 18 Mar 1996 20:36:02 -0500 |
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Ulrich Windl wrote: > > I have an Asustec board with an Intel Triton chipset. Having enabled > "PCI bridge optimization" the kernel prints nothing during startup. > Now I wonder, if the chipset has a PCI bridge at all, if it is > detected, and if so, if it is supported.
I would suspect that there is no real need for kernel code to do this, since virtually all Triton BIOSs already do it at power-on.
Thus, no added value for the added kernel code. Same reason why the Linux IDE Triton driver does NOT include code for programming the PIO modes of the drives.
-ml the Linux IDE guy (with full Triton Doc's)
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