Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 10 May 2002 00:50:07 +0200 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: PATCH & call for help: Marking ISA only drivers |
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On Thu, May 09, 2002 at 10:33:21PM +0200, Alan Cox wrote: > > BTW I think CONFIG_ISA would be an useful configuration option for > > i386 too - at least most modern PCs do not come with ISA slots anymore. > > ISA slots != ISA devices > > And ISA stuff hanging off things like chipset glue busses is everywhere > > > +if [ "$CONFIG_ISA" = "y" ]; then > > + dep_tristate 'Adaptec AHA152X/2825 support' CONFIG_SCSI_AHA152X $CONFIG_SCSI > > 2825 is not ISA bus
What then ?
> > > +# does not use pci dma and seems to be isa/onboard only for old machines > > +if [ "$CONFIG_X86_64" != "y" ]; then > > + dep_tristate 'AM53/79C974 PCI SCSI support' CONFIG_SCSI_AM53C974 $CONFIG_SCSI $CONFIG_PCI > > +fi > > Thats PCI.
But seems to be not 64bit safe and miss pci dma support (note the CONFIG_X86_64).
> > > +if [ "$CONFIG_ISA" = "y" ]; then > > + dep_tristate 'Generic NCR5380/53c400 SCSI support' CONFIG_SCSI_GENERIC_NCR5380 $CONFIG_SCSI > > + if [ "$CONFIG_SCSI_GENERIC_NCR5380" != "n" ]; then > > This is used in multiple non ISA situations.
Only on ancient motherboards (I remember having it on some really old EISA machine) and non PC devices, no ? I'm hoping the non PC users will add their perspective architecture again.
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