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Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 20:36:06 +0100 (MET)
From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl>
To: Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>
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Subject: Re: ISA slot detection on PCI systems?
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On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:

> And of course, there will be a huge amount of false positives, because
> all the new chipsets have an ISA bridge built into the southbridge chip
> and it is there even when no ISA slots are present.

 A false positive is less painful than a false negative.  Then if a system
has a PCI-ISA bridge, it's surely for purpose there (otherwise what is the
justification for the additional cost of unused silicon?).  Maybe for an
on-board ISA serial or parallel port or an ISA floppy controller...

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