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Subject: Re: driverfs support for motherboard devices
To: joelja@darkwing.uoregon.edu (Joel Jaeggli)
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 23:30:01 +0000 (GMT)
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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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> > > What about, say, a Promise PCI IDE card?  You really need to reference
> > > the parent PCI device when the is one.
> > LOL, how about ones that are quad-channel with a DEC-Bridge to slip the
> > local BUSS?
> 
> or an i960rp and 3 promise 20276's, I've got two of those...

Yep. And then you hit the CRIS where the ide appears to be on the CPU 8)

I don't think anyone should be trying to define where the IDE goes in the
heirarchy like this - its dependant on the situation and the platform.

Alan
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