Re: ISA slot detection on PCI systems?

From: Eric S. Raymond (esr@thyrsus.com)
Date: Wed Jan 02 2002 - 16:04:49 EST


Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>:
> > the machine and set ISA_CARDS based on the probe. What's a DMI table and
> > how can I query it for the presence of ISA slots?
>
> RTFG ;)

Umm...RTF*G*? Sorry...can't parse. :-)

> > What I want to do with this is make ISA-card questions invisible on modern
> > PCI-only motherboards.
>
> For the smart config I assume not in general ?

Right. I'm well along on an autoconfigurator that can use the CML2 rulebase
to do things like freezing to N all the symbols for PCI devices not explicitly
found by autoprobe.
 
> ftp://ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/alan has a GPL DMI scanning app and library

Which directory is it? Nothing has "dmi" in the name.

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