Re: [PATCH] make PIIX4 ide driver available for MIPS

["Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl>]

On Tue, 23 Jul 2002, Jun Sun wrote:

> Malta uses this chip.  The native driver does provide significant gain in 
> performance.  See attached bonnie++ test results.

 It's actually weird there are any CPU conditionals there at all.  The
PIIX4 is a generic PCI-ISA bridge after all, so it can be used on any
system equipped with a PCI bus.  DEC Alpha systems used to use Intel's
bridges for EISA and ISA busses as well.

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