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To: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Subject: Re: New PCI cards and FreeBSD 
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 1995 14:39:17 -0700
From: Dave Hayes <dave@elxr.jpl.nasa.gov>
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"Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org> writes:
>>"Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.FreeBSD.org> writes:
>>>The PCI->ISA bride is used to attach an ISA bus onto the PCI bus.  This
>>>is how most ISA slots are provided on today's motherboards.  It has
>>>nothing to do with PCI devices that have an ISA compatibility mode.
>>Are there any plans to do this, or is this just not a good idea?
>Do what? :)

You know. 8)  Provide support for PCI devices in ISA compatibility
mode? I noticed only one PCI network card supported in 2.0.5, and
until I get my home machine (and T1), I won't be able to SUP with
you guys. So I have to wait for your releases to get new software.
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