steven james <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Greetings, > > Given the many permutations of com lpt, and other devices from (possibly > multiple) superios, I wonder if a linked list of single device structs > might not be a better abstraction.
I agree. The more I look at the more I like the linked list idea. Being able to have structures for the common things like ide/serial/parallel ports sounds very good. > I've certainly seen enough cases where various chips provide the same > class of device, such as e750[01] where ICH3 provides IDE and Intel puts a > Promise IDE-RAID (really just IDE with soft raid in firmware) on the > board. > > Then there's the SiS630 boards that have an rtl8139 and a disconnected > SiS900 ethernet on board. Yep. We have to know which chips are on the board and which ones to enable. Eric _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
