Re: [patch] 2.3.30pre6 alpha updates

Richard Henderson (rth@cygnus.com)
Sun, 5 Dec 1999 23:36:49 -0800


On Sun, Dec 05, 1999 at 07:28:50PM -0500, Jay.Estabrook@compaq.com wrote:
> The Cypress, like the Acer on the DS10/ES40, is wired-up to behave in a
> "legacy" fashion, ie ISA interrupts 14 and 15. That's one reason why we
> always simply ignored configuring the Cypress, before the big re-write.

Well there's nothing standing in the way of having the tables
return such interrupt numbers from that known bus+slot+pin.

> Also be aware that neither the Cypress nor the Acer have ever been tested
> or qualified here as bus masters for PCI DMA.

Using the Cypress driver, I've had good success on my sx164s and dp264s.

r~