Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Oct 2006 00:31:37 +0200 | From | "Jesper Juhl" <> | Subject | Re: removing drivers and ISA support? [Was: Char: correct pci_get_device changes] |
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On 27/10/06, Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 07:59:56PM +0200, Jiri Slaby wrote: > >... > > And what about (E)ISA support. When converting to pci probing, should be ISA bus > > support preserved (how much is ISA used in present)? -- it makes code ugly and long. > > There seem to be still many running 486 machines - and only the last 486 > boards also had PCI slots. > > While deprecating OSS drivers, I got emails from people still using some > of the ISA cards. > > And there are even Pentium 4 boards with ISA slots available. > Not to mention many embedded boards - many pc104 boards use ISA, just to mention one type.
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