Re: [PATCH] Drop IRDA ISA dependency

[Andi Kleen]

On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 09:22:14PM +0100, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 02:45:49PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>  
>  > but this is bogus.  If it's using isa-style DMA it needs CONFIG_ISA.
> 
> Sounds like there is some confusion over what CONFIG_ISA means.
> I always understood it to mean 'We have ISA slots on this architecture'
> regardless of whether theres an ISA style LPC bus.
> Its a means of disabling a whole slew of drivers that have no
> meaning on a particular platform (in Andi's case, x86-64).

That's exactly my understanding too.

> Or did I get confused ?

I don't think so.

-Andi
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