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    SubjectRe: 2.6.0-test7 BLK_DEV_FD dependence on ISA breakage
    On Thu, 9 Oct 2003, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
    > Arun Sharma writes:
    > > Andrew Morton wrote:
    > > > Perhaps we should just back it out and watch more closely next time someone
    > > > tries to fix it?
    > >
    > > I'm fine with backing out the Kconfig part of the patch. Perhaps this is one of those things where an explicit list of platforms which do support this feature is unavoidable ?
    >
    > The Kconfig patch also broke floppy on x86-64. Since no x86-64 board
    > to date has any ISA _slots_, x86-64 doesn't even give you the option
    > of enabling CONFIG_ISA...

    I'm not happy with the `CONFIG_ISA means ISA slots' logic, neither. For e.g.
    PC-style floppy, it means `we have a (possibly burried withing PCI) ISA-style
    bus'.

    Furthermore, on some m68k machines we do have an ISA-style bus, but without
    ISA-style DMA. This causes more drivers to fail compilation, giving me
    headaches when trying to compile an all-yes-config kernel for m68k. I guess
    other architectures are faced with the same problems.

    Well, I guess I have to try the new drivers/Kconfig first and elaborate with a
    list of drivers that failed and why they failed...

    Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

    Geert

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    -- Linus Torvalds

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