Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 07 Dec 1996 08:34:46 -0500 | From | Fred Love <> | Subject | Re: PNP patch into kernel when? |
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Andrew E. Mileski wrote: > > > > Should we modify the IRQ-probing code to work around this? > > > > Well, on startup no. The problem comes with modules... > > Reminder - you only need to probe once _ever_ and even probing > can be eliminated. Once a working configuration has been > established, with or without user intervention, it can be > used again. > > A user space configuration manager could read stored values > from the kernel image, or from a file on the root device. > This of would't work iwell for booting from a net connection, > but it is still a possibility. > What about the people that boot multiple OSes. Won't that negate the stored value of resources?
Fred
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