From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261841AbTKVDuG (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Nov 2003 22:50:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261877AbTKVDuG (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Nov 2003 22:50:06 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.224.249]:55503 "EHLO main.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261841AbTKVDuD (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Nov 2003 22:50:03 -0500 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: mru@kth.se (=?iso-8859-1?q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?=) Subject: Re: The plug and play menu is ISA only? Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 04:49:59 +0100 Message-ID: References: <200311212041.22604.rob@landley.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) XEmacs/21.4 (Rational FORTRAN, linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:P3+k5zKntdsXrsf9a/gmikHR+Zs= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Rob Landley writes: > Is the "plug and play" menu just ISA plug and play only? (It has nothing to > do with hotplug or anything else, right? PCI devices are "plug and play", > but that's an actual part of the PCI spec. USB is hotplug and play, etc.) > > Or is this also used for on-motherboard devices in modern systems? (Is it > ever likely to be needed on a laptop made in the last five years, for > eample?) The only time you ever need to select ISA plug and play, is if you have an old PnP ISA card. You'd know if you did. Modern systems don't even have ISA slots. -- Måns Rullgård mru@kth.se