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Date:      Thu, 05 Apr 2007 13:55:27 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        des@des.no
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, nikolas.britton@gmail.com
Subject:   Re: Do we need this junk?
Message-ID:  <20070405.135527.112538812.imp@bsdimp.com>
In-Reply-To: <86zm5nrllc.fsf@dwp.des.no>
References:  <ef10de9a0704050258l4ea754b3n99a1239a81b844a0@mail.gmail.com> <86zm5nrllc.fsf@dwp.des.no>

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Des writes:
> "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton@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




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