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Re: [PATCH] Drop ISA dependencies from IRDA drivers

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Drop ISA dependencies from IRDA drivers
From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 07:36:52 +0200
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxx>, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx>, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx, irda-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, the_nihilant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 03:35:28PM -0700, Jean Tourrilhes wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 11:55:52PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > 
> > Anyways, this is only tangential to the original reason for the patch.
> > Can you please drop the bogus ISA dependencies. Jean has clearly stated
> > that the drivers have nothing to do with ISA itself.
> 
>       Andy, I never said that, please quote me accurately. I
> personally don't have strong opinions on whether those drivers should
> be tagged with CONFIG_ISA or not, but those hardware are definitely
> mapped on the ISA bus.

More likely on LPC interface.  And not on a ISA slot.

Anyways, if you want them to work on x86-64 you will have to drop
that bogus dependency.  I have no plans to ever define CONFIG_ISA
on x86-64.

-Andi


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