Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 3 Jan 2002 04:39:23 +0100 (CET) | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: ISA slot detection on PCI systems? |
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On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> > Go down the DMI path, and get it right _sometimes_, or take a zero. > > Getting it right sometimes is likely to do more harm than good. > Not in this case. If the DMI read fails, the worst-case result is the > user sees some ISA extra questions.
Erm, worse case would surely be "I have ISA cards, and all the options to use them are missing". Sure you could have a button to switch them all back on, but hey! this implies Aunt Tillie knows she has ISA cards which gets everything right back to square one.
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