> Are you sure of your statement?
>
> The preferred IO method for PCI is MMIO. Normal IO exists because of Intel
> compatibility. PCI boards that donnot support MMIO are just shit because
> they donnot take advantage of PCI posted writes.
I didn't say MMIO is rare, I've only said that cards with less than 4KB
of MMIO are relatively rare.
> > It would be possible, but certainly not before 2.3.
>
> It would be stupid forever.
We probably need our own address allocation mechanism (as an option) anyway.
Have a nice fortnight
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