From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 04:03:41 +0000 Subject: Re: PCI hotplug Message-Id: <20041030040341.GC1584@kroah.com> List-Id: References: <1098903129.17422.2.camel@duffman> In-Reply-To: <1098903129.17422.2.camel@duffman> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 11:52:09AM -0700, Tom Duffy wrote: > Greg, et. al, > > Is there a document out there describing in detail how PCI hotplug works > under Linux? From a kernel viewpoint, or from a userspace viewpoint? For 2.4 or 2.6? > I have found stuff on how to implement a driver so it > works with PCI hotplug, but haven't found one on how PCI hotplug was > implemented in Linux. I am specifically interested in how Linux > interacts with the BIOS and what protocols it uses, like ACPI. Did you take a look at the acpi pci hotplug driver in the kernel? Source is always your best documentation :) Anything specific you are wondering about? thanks, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idU88&alloc_id065&op=click _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel