Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 17 Mar 1996 18:12:19 -0500 | From | hab <> | Subject | Re: CONFIG_PNP: Please change the name |
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Andrew Mileski wrote: > > >> One of our engineers is busy adding PnP to our ISA WAN board. He thought > >> the system was quite nice. After reading the specs from Intel, I also > >> thought is was a good system. Why do you think its useless? I would > >> be very interested in any pitfalls you are aware of. > > > > My personal experience borders on the disaster side. > > Funny - I haven't even FINISHED Linux support yet :-) > > Don't pin judgement on the Linux project when you're using an > INFERIOR Plug-and-Play implementation on a lame OS like Windows95 > or DOS. > > But *DO* voice your opinions on what you *WANT* the Linux > implementation to do/not do. I'm *ALWAYS* open for suggestions. > > > Plug and Play is nice if the automatic answers work. If not > >they are a disaster. > > Agreed. > > Get a DECENT PnP implimentation on a DECENT OS with software > configurable devices (PnP, PCI, PCMCIA, EISA, MCA, etc.) and > you'll have fewer headaches. > > -- Andrew E. Mileski -- > -------------------------------------------------------------- > mailto:dmtech@magi.com http://www.redhat.com/~aem/ > "The best programmers are lazy", so I'm told. > I haven't gotten around to seeing if it is true or not though.
If you read the chain my response was to a hardware developer who solicited questions about the pitfalls of PnP at the time I had the problems Linux did not have PnP, and your implementation may work the majority of the time but I do not believe you are an all knowing being and I am sure that problems will be found. My suggestion was to allow the Knowedgable "Power User" the ability to overide automatic selections. Especially since they may not depend on only one OS. In my business I am expected to answer about all OS's. I routinely suggest different OS's depending on the user and the application. A major advantage of Linux is the freely available source code (If you can read it and the mind of the developer). But one software solution alone can not give the flexability of carefully designed hardware. The software may provide work arounds but the hardware engineer can make software alot easier.
Hubert Bahr MsCpe
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