Re: Calling EISA experts

[Eric S. Raymond]

Paul Gortmaker <[e-mail]>:
> Minimal approach: Register motherboard EISA ID (i.e. slot zero) ports in
> /proc/ioports.  Works on all kernel versions.  See $0.02 patch below.
> 
> This is probably the least intrusive way to get what you want.  It doesn't
> add Yet Another Proc File, and costs zero bloat to the 99.9% of us who 
> have a better chance of meeting Aunt Tillie than an EISA box. 

Yup.  This is the first, and so far the only, C-level kernel patch that
I've added to the CML2 kit.
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		<a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>

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