Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 4 Jan 2002 20:36:06 +0100 (MET) | From | "Maciej W. Rozycki" <> | Subject | Re: ISA slot detection on PCI systems? |
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On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> And of course, there will be a huge amount of false positives, because > all the new chipsets have an ISA bridge built into the southbridge chip > and it is there even when no ISA slots are present.
A false positive is less painful than a false negative. Then if a system has a PCI-ISA bridge, it's surely for purpose there (otherwise what is the justification for the additional cost of unused silicon?). Maybe for an on-board ISA serial or parallel port or an ISA floppy controller...
-- + Maciej W. Rozycki, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland + +--------------------------------------------------------------+ + e-mail: macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl, PGP key available +
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