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SubjectRe: [PATCH] allow SGI IOC4 chipset support
On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 09:05:10AM -0500, Jes Sorensen wrote:
> Christoph> That's stupid. You should just not be allowed to compile
> Christoph> the driver if it can work anywork.
>
> I don't know if it's actually possible to use the card in a non-SN2,
> not that I think anyone would want to. But if you prefer, just make
> the equivalent change to the Kconfig file and remove the weak
> reference.

It might be possible to use an IOC4 card in other hardware, but not
with this driver, as it relies on Xbridge/PIC to do byteswapping for
it - a functionality common PCI bridges don't provide and that Linux
doesn't have a generic API for.

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