Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 02 Jan 2002 22:36:16 -0500 | From | Brian Gerst <> | Subject | Re: ISA slot detection on PCI systems? |
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"Eric S. Raymond" wrote: > > Dave Jones <davej@suse.de>: > > 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.
No, the worst case is if the DMI read says no ISA slots when there really are some, and the user misses a driver that he needs.
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