[LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] Add support for the NSC PC87309 Super I/O

[Stefan Reinauer]

* Uwe Hermann <uwe at hermann-uwe.de> [070331 04:09]:
> I already dropped the prefix on almost all variables and function names.
> For the remaining ones I think it makes sense to keep them.
> 
> For example, PC87309_SP1 is used in the auto.c file of the respective
> board to enable the Super I/O and use COM1.
 
Ah ok, this might be important on boards with more than one superio.

Or maybe we should find a unique abstraction for this?

> I don't know for sure whether it makes sense to have the defines in an
> extra file, but pretty much _all_ other Super I/Os have them in an extra
> file... So I think we should keep it that way for consistency reasons,
> or change the behavior for _all_ Super I/Os. Comments?

Yes. I think all other SuperIOs are doing the wrong thing, too. An
include is there to share information between files. If information is
not shared, it should be local.

Anyways, I think we might have reasons to expect SuperIOs dying out
from the next generation boards.

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