Subject: Re: depca0
To: Ray Phillips <r.phillips@jkmrc.uq.edu.au>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 02/19/2002 17:58:36
On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 11:50:25AM +1000, Ray Phillips wrote:

 > The depca0 driver is commented out in the GENERIC kernel 
 > configuration file. Does that indicate it has problems and it's 
 > better not to use it, or is it just to minimise the amount of RAM 
 > used by the kernel?

I can say that the EISA flavor works fine.  I think the ISA flavor
is commented out by default since the probe isn't the most friendly
of probes, and if you don't have a DEPCA, could either cause false
matches, or screw up other devices that might live at where it's
poking.

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>