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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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