Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: PNP Bios | Date | Wed, 28 Nov 2001 16:10:33 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> The pnpbios driver the -ac kernels had a driver registration > interface. Is that the only or the best way for drivers to > use the PnP BIOS? Given that a lot of drivers already use
Its longer term hopefully how all driver interfaces barring the real legacy ISA crud will work. We need to make them all look as similar as possible.
> However we decide to make pnpbios services available to > drivers, we have smp and hotplug issues to sort out too.
Yep - thats why the docking thread is there. Now we can make it useful.
> PnP BIOS configures our machines. Mark the driver > "experimental" if you like, but please put it in.
Submit it to Linus. I'd agree - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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