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From: Greg KH <greg-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: vidyut karan <kvidyut2000-/E1597aS9LQxFYw1CcD5bw@public.gmane.org>
Cc: linux-hotplug-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org,
	acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: native vs acpi support
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 09:12:59 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050912161258.GA25541@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050912071649.22726.qmail-R/RehLzVjnOvuULXzWHTWIglqE1Y4D90QQ4Iyu8u01E@public.gmane.org>

On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 08:16:49AM +0100, vidyut karan wrote:
> Hi all,
>  
> I am a newbie to this hotplug support in linux (specially for
> pci-express). At present i am trying to understand the basics.  While
> reading the hot-plug support for pci-express, I couldn't understand
> the following:
> What is the difference betwwen an
> OS with an "native hot plug support" 
> and controlling the hot-plug by using ACPI.
> Does linux support both these mechanism.

Yes.

My question to you is, what are you trying to do?

Also the pci hotplug mailing list might be the best place for questions
like this.

thanks,

greg k-h


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-09-12 16:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-09-12  7:16 native vs acpi support vidyut karan
     [not found] ` <20050912071649.22726.qmail-R/RehLzVjnOvuULXzWHTWIglqE1Y4D90QQ4Iyu8u01E@public.gmane.org>
2005-09-12 16:12   ` Greg KH [this message]
     [not found]     ` <20050912161258.GA25541-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2005-09-15 11:47       ` vidyut karan
2005-09-12 18:00 ` [ACPI] " Rajesh Shah
     [not found]   ` <20050912110025.A15668-39QZ/XbsZ5/mO6KZMuUCQVaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2005-09-24  2:10     ` vidyut karan
2005-09-26 17:03       ` [ACPI] " Rajesh Shah
     [not found]         ` <20050926100312.B3471-39QZ/XbsZ5/mO6KZMuUCQVaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2005-09-28 14:08           ` problem in allocating resources for vidyut karan
2005-09-30 18:42             ` Rajesh Shah

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