Re: Legacy Addresses

[Michael Bender <michael.bender@Eng.Sun.COM>]

> From pci-sig-request@znyx.com Thu Jan 16 21:46:49 1997
>  
> Hi all,
> 
> This topic may have been discussed earlier. I would appreciate any
> information though.
> 
> On making a PCI device respond to Legacy I/O addresses, are there any
> specific issues that one needs to take care of? Has there been any
> specification proposed for such devices (except for IDE devices that can
> work both on PCI native mode and Legacy)?

I don't suppose it would do any good to ask not to continue promulgating PCI
devices that behave this way? I always thought that "legacy" meant something
that was done in the past, not something that everyone seems to continually
design to.

I know, I know - it's a matter of economics...

mike

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