Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 12 May 2002 22:57:24 +0200 | From | Diego Calleja <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] CONFIG_ISA |
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On Sun, 12 May 2002 20:36:15 +0200 Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> escribió:
> > This patch make CONFIG_ISA an configuration option for i386. This makes > sense considering that most PCs do not ship with ISA slots anymore.
Sorry for my ignorance, but the typical conectors: mouse, keyboard, /dev/ttyS0, /dev/ttyS1, /dev/lp0...aren't isa devices?
> > The ISA drivers are often old and unmaintained, this way one can easier > ignore them. > > It also makes some more drivers dependent on CONFIG_ISA, mostly > in drivers/scsi and sound. I did this by looking at the source code > and double checked the result with linux-kernel. > > VLB only drivers are also included in CONFIG_ISA, under the assumption > that VLB boxes always have ISA slots. > > The configuration changes are not complete, some subsystems are missing > like ISDN. I'm hoping the maintainers will add it there too. > > The main motivation is that I can turn off CONFIG_ISA for x86-64 where > no ISA slots exist. The ISA drivers are often not 64bit safe and compile > with an incredible number of warnings only. > > Patch for 2.5.15. > > -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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