Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 19 Jan 2000 15:24:51 +0100 (MET) | From | David Weinehall <> | Subject | Re: [patch] Proper MCA detection for AHA-1640 |
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On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, Adam Fritzler wrote:
> > I am not specifically away of any MCA+ISA machines, I just figured there > probably had to be one out there somewhere. I am not familiar enough with > IBM's older lines to say for sure.
None of IBM's models have MCA+ISA, their PC-Server 720 does have MCA+PCI, however.
> The probing code in aha1542 actually should be redesigned a bit, IMHO. I > think the ISA PnP support was just pasted in, and it was clearly not in > the original design of the detection routine.
Maybe, maybe not. Then again, why bother about nice design for ISA, when ISA obviously isn't designed nicely to begin with... :^)
But seriously, I'll do something about it, to make sure that the ISA-probe is skipped if (MCA_bus) ...
/David _ _ // David Weinehall <tao@acc.umu.se> /> Northern lights wander \\ // Project MCA Linux hacker // Dance across the winter sky // \> http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/ </ Full colour fire </
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