On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 11:51:31AM +0200, Jens Schmalzing wrote: > Hi, > > I recently encountered a machine (a Thinkpad 860) with a NCR 53C810 > SCSI controller that would not work properly unless the config option > CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_IOMAPPED was set. Under these circumstances, > installation was a royal pain in the ass, and therefore, I am inclined > to trade performance for wider support and enable this in the PowerPC > kernel image packages. > > Any comments?
Except for some broken x86 machines mapped I/O is a much better idea.