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SubjectRe: PnP
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> writes:

> On 26 Aug 1998, Zlatko Calusic wrote:
> > >
> > > Quite frankly, PnP as a standard sucks. Anything that just reads the PnP
> > > standard and tries to force that on Linux will be most definitely ignored.
> >
> > I've taken freedom to put your words of wisdom on the small page I'm
> > maintaining. I hope you have nothing against it, but if you do... :)
>
> That's fine. If somebody quotes me, I'd like to clarify that one thing
> that I want to happen is that the Linux "PnP" code should really make
> sense from a completely non-PC-world standpoint too.
>
> So what I'm looking for is more of a "framework for autodetection" where
> PnP would strictly be relegated to just be one particular way of finding
> out information for the larger framework.
>
> (And think of "larger" not in code-size, but as a "concept" thing)
>

OK, thanks for additional explanation. Now it's even more clear what
have to be done to have PnP in the kernel.

Since it is much too late for 2.2, hopefully Linux 2.4 will have
proper PnP functionality.

Regards,
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Posted by Zlatko Calusic E-mail: <Zlatko.Calusic@CARNet.hr>
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