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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