Messages in this thread | | | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: The Ultra Sound Driver | Date | Tue, 17 Feb 1998 21:14:36 +0000 (GMT) |
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> I thought isapnp was best left to user-space (I'm not ever sure luse95 > activate the devices as part of the kernel).
What about boxes that boot off a pnp network card etc. Also if its not got some kernel support then you cant move irqs around to cope with changes. the kernel pnp puts a minimal amount in kernel and a daemon handles the rest.
> What (aside from most modern sound cards) really requires isapnp support in > the kernel? Won't most IDE & SCSI thingies be initialized sufficiently by > the bios?
Older machines - and stuff like the Alpha. Linux only can handle an AWE64 on an alpha...
> And if it really is required - can is it possible to mark it __initfunc() ?
No because you can choose to relocate things
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