Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 15:28:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 15:28:35 -0500 Received: from dsl254-112-233.nyc1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([216.254.112.233]:24707 "EHLO snark.thyrsus.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 15:28:23 -0500 Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 15:15:39 -0500 From: "Eric S. Raymond" To: Linux Kernel List Subject: ISA slot detection on PCI systems? Message-ID: <20020102151539.A14925@thyrsus.com> Reply-To: esr@thyrsus.com Mail-Followup-To: "Eric S. Raymond" , Linux Kernel List Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Organization: Eric Conspiracy Secret Labs X-Eric-Conspiracy: There is no conspiracy Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Is there any way to safely probe a PCI motherboard to determine whether or not it has ISA cards present, or ISA card slots? Note: the question is *not* about a probe for whether the board has an ISA bridge, but a probe for the presence of actual ISA cards (or slots). (Yes, I'm working on a smart autoconfigurator. It's a development of Giacomo Catenazzi's code, but able to use the CML2 deduction engine.) -- Eric S. Raymond [W]hat country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time that [the] people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms...The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants. -- Thomas Jefferson, letter to Col. William S. Smith, 1787 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/