From: kaih@khms.westfalen.de (Kai Henningsen)
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ISA slot detection on PCI systems?
Date: 04 Jan 2002 17:30:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8GDPkOJmw-B@khms.westfalen.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.1020103100747.4554A-100000@chaos.analogic.com>
In-Reply-To: <200201031431.g03EVLpa021956@pincoya.inf.utfsm.cl> <Pine.LNX.3.95.1020103100747.4554A-100000@chaos.analogic.com>
root@chaos.analogic.com (Richard B. Johnson) wrote on 03.01.02 in <Pine.LNX.3.95.1020103100747.4554A-100000@chaos.analogic.com>:
> ISA has nothing. Just fixed port addressing where an attempt
> is made to find out something about the hardware by writing
> and reading the results. If you think you have device 'A'
> at port N, but you don't, and you write something to condition
> device 'A' for a response, you could, in fact, tell another
> device to hit the reset switch or, worse, format your disk(s).
Best-known example is probably trying to autodetect anything but a NE2000
card before detecting the NE2000 card that's in the machine.
I've even seen BIOSes freeze in that situation. And yes, I do mean whole-
machine-freeze. An NE2000 *really* doesn't like being touched the wrong
way.
MfG Kai
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-01-04 19:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 187+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-01-02 20:15 ISA slot detection on PCI systems? Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-02 20:45 ` Jeff Garzik
2002-01-02 20:46 ` Brian Gerst
2002-01-02 20:59 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-02 20:46 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-02 21:13 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-02 21:19 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-02 21:04 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-02 22:34 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-03 9:26 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-01-03 8:44 ` Eric W. Biederman
2002-01-03 12:46 ` Horst von Brand
2002-01-04 15:04 ` Kai Henningsen
2002-01-02 21:00 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-02 21:23 ` Bill Nottingham
2002-01-02 21:13 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-02 21:31 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-02 21:30 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-02 21:48 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-02 21:47 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-02 22:12 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-02 22:08 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-02 22:39 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-02 22:24 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-02 22:50 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-02 22:34 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-02 23:09 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-02 23:09 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-02 23:52 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-02 23:56 ` Mike Castle
2002-01-03 0:00 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-03 0:37 ` Mike Castle
2002-01-03 0:58 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-03 13:35 ` Horst von Brand
2002-01-03 13:46 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-03 16:42 ` Horst von Brand
2002-01-03 18:06 ` Alex
2002-01-03 18:16 ` Horst von Brand
2002-01-03 18:22 ` Patrick Mochel
2002-01-03 22:26 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-03 22:20 ` Patrick Mochel
2002-01-03 22:31 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-03 18:41 ` Gábor Lénárt
2002-01-03 22:24 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-07 21:56 ` Mark H. Wood
2002-01-03 13:10 ` Horst von Brand
2002-01-02 22:53 ` Mike Castle
2002-01-02 23:16 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-02 23:31 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-02 23:04 ` Lionel Bouton
2002-01-03 3:49 ` Cameron Simpson
2002-01-03 4:03 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-03 6:46 ` Mike Castle
2002-01-03 12:35 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-03 12:39 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-01-05 7:03 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-05 17:16 ` Albert D. Cahalan
2002-01-05 17:34 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-05 20:29 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-06 1:19 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-06 12:19 ` Mr. James W. Laferriere
2002-01-06 13:16 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-06 15:26 ` Mr. James W. Laferriere
2002-01-06 18:20 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-07 13:35 ` Mr. James W. Laferriere
2002-01-06 21:03 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-01-06 22:16 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-07 7:42 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-01-03 16:00 ` Cryto verification of Kernel against Trojan code?? Timothy Covell
2002-01-03 21:58 ` ISA slot detection on PCI systems? Cameron Simpson
2002-01-03 21:15 ` Lionel Bouton
2002-01-03 21:26 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-05 6:58 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-02 22:46 ` Lionel Bouton
2002-01-02 22:51 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-02 22:48 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-02 23:10 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-03 2:10 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-03 2:44 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-03 3:03 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-03 3:26 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-03 3:18 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-03 3:36 ` Brian Gerst
2002-01-03 3:35 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-03 4:15 ` Brian Gerst
2002-01-03 4:15 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-03 4:27 ` Brian Gerst
2002-01-03 4:30 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-03 3:39 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-03 3:34 ` Brian Gerst
2002-01-03 14:37 ` Horst von Brand
2002-01-04 7:09 ` [OT] " Paul Duncan
2002-01-03 11:25 ` Henrik Hovi
2002-01-05 7:09 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-03 14:31 ` Horst von Brand
2002-01-03 15:00 ` Jesse Pollard
2002-01-03 15:15 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-01-04 15:30 ` Kai Henningsen [this message]
2002-01-03 5:30 ` Andrew Morton
2002-01-03 5:42 ` Jeff Garzik
2002-01-03 5:55 ` Daniel Phillips
2002-01-03 5:46 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-03 9:14 ` David Woodhouse
2002-01-03 9:09 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-03 12:14 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-03 12:34 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-01-04 18:28 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2002-01-04 19:04 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-01-04 19:05 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-04 19:21 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-01-04 19:41 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-04 20:09 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-08 12:52 ` Rob Landley
2002-01-04 20:19 ` David Weinehall
2002-01-04 20:30 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2002-01-04 20:36 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-05 7:12 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-04 20:20 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-01-04 20:44 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-04 19:45 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-04 19:50 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2002-01-04 19:54 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-04 20:24 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2002-01-04 20:31 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-04 20:33 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-04 20:56 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-01-04 20:57 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-04 20:49 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-04 21:08 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-04 20:59 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-04 21:18 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-04 21:23 ` Patrick Mochel
2002-01-05 0:13 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-04 21:17 ` David Woodhouse
2002-01-04 21:04 ` Charles Cazabon
2002-01-05 17:28 ` Horst von Brand
2002-01-04 19:36 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2002-01-04 19:45 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-01-04 20:08 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2002-01-03 16:52 ` Rik van Riel
2002-01-03 17:01 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-03 17:27 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-03 9:24 ` David Woodhouse
2002-01-03 14:12 ` Horst von Brand
2002-01-03 3:07 ` Greg Hennessy
2002-01-03 9:08 ` David Woodhouse
2002-01-03 9:03 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-03 12:20 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-03 12:07 ` BALBIR SINGH
2002-01-03 12:40 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-03 21:44 ` Lionel Bouton
2002-01-03 22:17 ` David Weinehall
2002-01-04 18:41 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2002-01-03 22:36 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-04 12:10 ` Alex
2002-01-04 12:20 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-04 12:22 ` Alex
2002-01-04 12:30 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-04 12:47 ` Alex
2002-01-03 12:56 ` Urban Widmark
2002-01-03 9:19 ` David Woodhouse
2002-01-03 9:12 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-03 9:31 ` David Woodhouse
2002-01-03 10:34 ` Kai Henningsen
2002-01-03 14:42 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-04 15:39 ` Kai Henningsen
2002-01-02 23:15 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-02 23:07 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-02 23:33 ` Lionel Bouton
2002-01-02 23:37 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-03 2:19 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-03 2:17 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-02 23:19 ` Mike Castle
2002-01-02 23:23 ` Lionel Bouton
2002-01-02 23:44 ` Mike Castle
2002-01-03 0:11 ` Lionel Bouton
2002-01-03 2:20 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-05 7:05 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-05 6:56 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-03 13:00 ` Horst von Brand
2002-01-02 21:59 ` Mike Castle
2002-01-02 22:08 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-02 21:22 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-02 21:28 ` Christian Koenig
2002-01-02 22:04 ` Timothy Covell
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-01-04 9:56 Giacomo A. Catenazzi
2002-01-04 10:29 ` Alan Cox
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