From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PCI Hot Plug Operation
Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 16:32:12 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-hotplug-102070666205356@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-linux-hotplug-102044288121120@msgid-missing>
On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 10:16:08AM -0700, David Brownell wrote:
> > > Do I need to install a driver for my card to make the kernel aware of a
> > > possible hot pluggable device?
> >
> > PCI Hotplug only works if you have a PCI Hotplug controller on your
> > motherboard. This is usually only on high end servers or cPCI machines.
> > Do you have such a machine?
>
> Erm, when did that change?
>
> There might be confusion about the several different types of PCI hotplug
> that can happen. It started out as a generic term in Linux, not specific
> to a specific technology.
<snip>
Good clarification here, sorry about that. I was thinking about the
"PCI Hotplug Support" as the "PCI Hotplug Spec" describes it, as that's
what I deal with all day long at my job.
Again, sorry for any confusion.
thanks,
greg k-h
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-05-06 16:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-05-03 15:16 PCI Hot Plug Operation Greg KH
2002-05-03 15:40 ` Greg KH
2002-05-03 16:00 ` Bill Bruce
2002-05-03 16:53 ` Greg KH
2002-05-03 17:48 ` Stephen Williams
2002-05-04 8:33 ` Paul Hedderly
2002-05-04 8:57 ` David Woodhouse
2002-05-06 16:32 ` Greg KH [this message]
2002-05-06 17:16 ` David Brownell
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