weighing in

[Eric W. Biederman]

steven james <pyro at linuxlabs.com> writes:

> Greetings,
> 
> Given the many permutations of com lpt, and other devices from (possibly
> multiple) superios, I wonder if a linked list of single device structs
> might not be a better abstraction. 

I agree.  The more I look at the more I like the linked list idea.
Being able to have structures for the common things like ide/serial/parallel
ports sounds very good.
 
> I've certainly seen enough cases where various chips provide the same
> class of device, such as e750[01] where ICH3 provides IDE and Intel puts a
> Promise IDE-RAID (really just IDE with soft raid in firmware) on the
> board.
> 
> Then there's the SiS630 boards that have an rtl8139 and a disconnected
> SiS900 ethernet on board.

Yep.  We have to know which chips are on the board and which ones to enable.

Eric