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| From | Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.development.system |
| Subject | Re: Don't remove the isa support! |
| Date | 2011-06-22 14:05 +0000 |
| Organization | PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC |
| Message-ID | <itssqn$prm$1@reader1.panix.com> (permalink) |
| References | <its99d$rm$2@speranza.aioe.org> |
On 2011-06-22, matrobriva <matrobriva@libero.it> wrote:
> I have read that many developers would like to remove from kernel 3.0
> the support for ISA. I think it's a bad move and now I tell you why:
> ISA, even though it was developed many years ago, was in the new
> motherboards until about 7 years ago.
> Now, a computer of 7 years ago may not still be considered "retro",
> because many people still using it as primary or secondary computer,
> and with the latest kernel installed.
It's still common in new computers as well. The PC104 form-factor
used extensively in industrial applications still uses the ISA bus:
http://www.pc104.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC/104
> In my opinion should not be removed from the kernel supports so
> important, such the ISA or the floppy just because from "some years"
> no longer in use.
It's still in use.
--
Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! I wonder if there's
at anything GOOD on tonight?
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Don't remove the isa support! matrobriva <matrobriva@libero.it> - 2011-06-22 08:31 +0000
Re: Don't remove the isa support! Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2011-06-22 10:25 +0100
Re: Don't remove the isa support! matrobriva <matrobriva@libero.it> - 2011-06-22 11:53 +0000
Re: Don't remove the isa support! Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-06-22 14:05 +0000
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