On Sun, 31 May 2009 00:54:26 +0100 (BST) "Maciej W. Rozycki" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Add EISA IDs for Network Peripherals FDDI boards. Descriptions taken
> from the respective EISA configuration files.
>
> Signed-off-by: Maciej W. Rozycki <[email protected]>
> ---
> It's unlikely we'll ever support these cards, the problem being the lack
> of documentation. Assuming the policy for the EISA ID database is the
> same as for PCI I'm sending these entries for the sake of completeness.
>
> Please apply.
>
> Maciej
>
> patch-mips-2.6.27-rc8-20081004-npi-eisa-0
> Index: linux-mips-2.6.27-rc8-20081004-dolch/drivers/eisa/eisa.ids
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-mips-2.6.27-rc8-20081004-dolch.orig/drivers/eisa/eisa.ids
> +++ linux-mips-2.6.27-rc8-20081004-dolch/drivers/eisa/eisa.ids
Gee. Nobody has altered that file in six years. Then again, few new
EISA cards have been designed in that time...
On Mon, 1 Jun 2009 19:28:23 -0700
Andrew Morton <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, 31 May 2009 00:54:26 +0100 (BST) "Maciej W. Rozycki"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Add EISA IDs for Network Peripherals FDDI boards. Descriptions
> > taken from the respective EISA configuration files.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Maciej W. Rozycki <[email protected]>
> > ---
> > It's unlikely we'll ever support these cards, the problem being
> > the lack of documentation. Assuming the policy for the EISA ID
> > database is the same as for PCI I'm sending these entries for the
> > sake of completeness.
> >
> > Please apply.
> >
> > Maciej
> >
> > patch-mips-2.6.27-rc8-20081004-npi-eisa-0
> > Index: linux-mips-2.6.27-rc8-20081004-dolch/drivers/eisa/eisa.ids
> > ===================================================================
> > --- linux-mips-2.6.27-rc8-20081004-dolch.orig/drivers/eisa/eisa.ids
> > +++ linux-mips-2.6.27-rc8-20081004-dolch/drivers/eisa/eisa.ids
>
> Gee. Nobody has altered that file in six years. Then again, few new
> EISA cards have been designed in that time...
>
Oh well, maybe it is worth it, if only for the archaeological value...
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <[email protected]>
M.
--
We don't mess around.
On Tue, 2 Jun 2009, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> > Gee. Nobody has altered that file in six years. Then again, few new
> > EISA cards have been designed in that time...
Wow -- I didn't notice it's been six years! I'd put it differently
though -- we must be nearing the completion of the list. Great! :)
> Oh well, maybe it is worth it, if only for the archaeological value...
;)
The box is in perfect condition though. I just need a DEFEA-DB now, and
no, not at ~$500 as currently listed here and there.
Maciej