Re: i2o support
Meir Dukhan (mdukhan@bis.co.il)
Thu, 08 May 1997 16:19:21 +0000
Corey Minyard wrote:
>
> Michael Neuffer <neuffer@goofy.zdv.Uni-Mainz.de> writes:
>
> >
> > On Wed, 7 May 1997, Linux-Kernel-List wrote:
> > > Will Linux run on a system board that uses I2O? I could not find anything
> > > on it in the usual Linux FAQ/info places. I do remember talk about it some
> > > time ago on this list, but I do not remember the context of the thread...
> >
> > No, I2O is not supported and it's not likely that it will be supported in
> > the near future.
> >
> > Linux should be able to run on a board that supports I2O, but it is very
> > probable that you will not be able to use those slots that are connected
> > via the PCI-PCI bridge in the i960. However I couldn't test this yet, so
> > this is an educated guess.
> >
> > Anyone got some more hard firsthand data ?
> >
> >
> > Mike
>
> To develop I2O software requires an NDA; the group will not make the
> spec publically available. Obviously, this is bad for free software,
> so we ought to campain the I2O group to release the spec. See
> http://www.i2osig.com for info. Their address and phone is:
^^^
http://www.i2osig.org is better ;-)
-- meir
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