From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dave Jones Subject: Re: 2.6.17-mm4 Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 13:27:13 -0400 Message-ID: <20060630172713.GH32729@redhat.com> References: <20060629013643.4b47e8bd.akpm@osdl.org> <6bffcb0e0606291339s69a16bc5ie108c0b8d4e29ed6@mail.gmail.com> <20060629204330.GC13619@redhat.com> <20060629210950.GA300@elte.hu> <20060629230517.GA18838@elte.hu> <1151662073.31392.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1151661242.11434.20.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <1151669670.31392.16.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Arjan van de Ven , Ingo Molnar , Michal Piotrowski , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:58554 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932301AbWF3R1g (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Jun 2006 13:27:36 -0400 To: Alan Cox Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1151669670.31392.16.camel@localhost.localdomain> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 01:14:30PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > Ar Gwe, 2006-06-30 am 11:54 +0200, ysgrifennodd Arjan van de Ven: > > another quick hack is to check for vesa lb... eg if pci is present, skip > > this thing entirely :) > > Not really, many people made VLB/PCI combo boards. - check the pci version (I'm pretty sure these were pre PCI 2.0 ?) - check for dmi existance DMI came after VLB didn't it? Even if not, the BIOS date may give clues. I don't recall VLB after 1996 or so. - check for acpi existance. surely no-one made an acpi aware vlb machine :) There are probably other creative ways. Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk