Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!news-peer.in.tum.de!news.belwue.de!news-zh.switch.ch!kanaga.switch.ch!switch.ch!newsfeed-00.mathworks.com!panix!not-for-mail From: Grant Edwards Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system Subject: Re: Don't remove the isa support! Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:05:11 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl.comtrol.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1308751511 26486 64.122.56.22 (22 Jun 2011 14:05:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:05:11 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/pre0.9.9-102 (Linux) Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.os.linux.development.system:184 On 2011-06-22, matrobriva 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? gmail.com