Re: Do we need this junk?

From: Warner Losh <imp_at_bsdimp.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 13:55:27 -0600 (MDT)
Des writes:
> "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton_at_gmail.com> writes:
> > Can anything in the list below be removed from CURRENT?
> 
> No.  Modern i386 and amd64 still have an ISA bus, and devices
> connected to that bus, even if they don't have ISA slots.

The isa bus also is the catch-all on board I/O bus for i386/amd64.
This usage is traditional as there rarely were add-in keyboard
controllers, for example.

Also, while LPC has replaced ISA as a physical connection technology
in many cases, it still has a the same software interface.

Warner
Received on Thu Apr 05 2007 - 17:57:26 UTC

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