Subject: Re: multia ide drives
To: Ross Harvey <ross@teraflop.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-alpha
Date: 05/20/1998 17:51:11
On Wed, 20 May 1998 12:50:41 -0700 (PDT)
Ross Harvey <ross@teraflop.com> wrote:
> hehehe: On my eb164:
>
> sio0 at pci0 dev 8 function 0: Intel 82378ZB System I/O (SIO) (rev. 0x03)
>
> So see? That's identical to the multia.
>
> Technically, it is ISA...but remember those integrated controllers are
> really both. Don't you just love that PC hardware? I especially love
> those PC interrupts. :-(
Yes, I know that it has an SIO PCI-ISA bridge... but that device does not
have PCI IDE nor ISA IDE on it... those devices are implemented in a separate
chip, made by SMC, as I recall.
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