Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 15:47:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 15:47:28 -0500 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:58891 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 15:45:56 -0500 Message-ID: <3C337180.69561269@mandrakesoft.com> Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2002 15:45:52 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik Organization: MandrakeSoft X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.17-pre8 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: esr@thyrsus.com CC: Linux Kernel List Subject: Re: ISA slot detection on PCI systems? In-Reply-To: <20020102151539.A14925@thyrsus.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org "Eric S. Raymond" wrote: > > 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). ISAPNP. You can tell if ISA cards are present in some cases, but you cannot tell when no ISA cards are present at all. Further, serial and parallel devices are common examples of devices we treat as ISA, which usually aren't. They don't have a slot [usually] but definitely need to be configured. Jeff -- Jeff Garzik | Only so many songs can be sung Building 1024 | with two lips, two lungs, and one tongue. MandrakeSoft | - nomeansno - 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/