Messages in this thread | | | From | Ondrej Zary <> | Subject | Re: [linux-kernel] Re: [PATCH] x86: provide a DMI based port 0x80 I/O delay override. | Date | Tue, 8 Jan 2008 20:13:32 +0100 |
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On Tuesday 08 January 2008 19:51:41 Bodo Eggert wrote: > On Tue, 8 Jan 2008, Ondrej Zary wrote: > > On Tuesday 08 January 2008 18:24:02 David P. Reed wrote: > > > Windows these days does delays with timing loops or the scheduler. It > > > doesn't use a "port". Also, Windows XP only supports machines that > > > tend not to have timing problems that use delays. Instead, if a device > > > takes a while to respond, it has a "busy bit" in some port or memory > > > slot that can be tested. > > > > Windows XP can run on a machine with ISA slot(s) and has built-in drivers > > for some plug&play ISA cards - e.g. the famous 3Com EtherLink III. I > > think that there's a driver for NE2000-compatible cards too and it > > probably works. > > The NE2K-driver went missing in W2K. BTDT.
Haven't tried personally but it seems to work accroding to this http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/wxpne2k.html - and it can be made to work even with non-PnP cards.
-- Ondrej Zary
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