[patch] Proper MCA detection for AHA-1640

[Adam Fritzler]

You'll find when you look at the code that initialization is done
simultaneously with ISA probing.  Its Not Nice.  I guess getting rid of
the four card limit as well.  You can support six of these in MCA
machines.

af

On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, David Weinehall wrote:

> On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, Adam Fritzler wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I am not specifically away of any MCA+ISA machines, I just figured there
> > probably had to be one out there somewhere.  I am not familiar enough with
> > IBM's older lines to say for sure.
> 
> None of IBM's models have MCA+ISA, their PC-Server 720 does have MCA+PCI,
> however.
>  
> > The probing code in aha1542 actually should be redesigned a bit, IMHO.  I
> > think the ISA PnP support was just pasted in, and it was clearly not in
> > the original design of the detection routine.  
> 
> Maybe, maybe not. Then again, why bother about nice design for ISA, when
> ISA obviously isn't designed nicely to begin with... :^) 
> 
> But seriously, I'll do something about it, to make sure that the ISA-probe
> is skipped if (MCA_bus) ...
> 
> 
> /David
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