No. It means that just because a bus is accually in a machine doesn't make
an operating system know 1) that it is there and 2) how to use it.

On 30 Apr 2001 David@ixibbs.iximd.com wrote:

>So let me see here, does that mean that ISA is a machine Dependent bus.
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>If ISA isn't native to SH4, what kind of buses are?  If the BBA "in a
>sence" is a PCI device then is PCI native to SH4. IN>
>IN>>>>>> "David" == David  <David@ixibbs.iximd.com> writes:
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>IN>  David> Well am I right if I say, build an ISA/IDE bus then 1. you don't n
>IN>  David> drivers for the ISA bus just the hardware sitting on it.
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>IN>Nope, the other way around.  :-)  If you attach hardware devices for
>IN>which there already is a machine independent driver in NetBSD, you
>IN>don't need to write a new driver.  You do need to write a driver for
>IN>the bus though, to tell NetBSD that it exists and how to access it.
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>IN>  // Marcus
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