From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161393AbWJZWZ2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Oct 2006 18:25:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161448AbWJZWZ2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Oct 2006 18:25:28 -0400 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:40460 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1161393AbWJZWZ1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Oct 2006 18:25:27 -0400 Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 00:25:25 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Jiri Slaby Cc: Alan Cox , Linux kernel mailing list Subject: Re: removing drivers and ISA support? [Was: Char: correct pci_get_device changes] Message-ID: <20061026222525.GP27968@stusta.de> References: <4540F79C.7070705@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4540F79C.7070705@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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. > regards, cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed