Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 2 Jan 2002 22:18:45 -0500 | From | "Eric S. Raymond" <> | Subject | Re: ISA slot detection on PCI systems? |
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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.
> Crap. I'm implying that there should be a learning curve to everything > no matter how small it may be. You're trying to remove the curve > altogether.
Damn straight. Not that I think that's necessarily 100% achievable, but it's the right way to aim.
> And write a book perchance ? SCNR 8-)
It's happened before... :-) -- <a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>
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