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From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PCI hotplug
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 04:03:41 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041030040341.GC1584@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1098903129.17422.2.camel@duffman>

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


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  reply	other threads:[~2004-10-30  4:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-10-27 18:52 PCI hotplug Tom Duffy
2004-10-30  4:03 ` Greg KH [this message]
2004-11-01 17:19 ` Tom Duffy
2004-11-01 18:56 ` Greg KH
2004-12-09 15:24 ` PCI HotPlug Tejas Sumant
2004-12-09 23:40 ` Greg KH
2004-12-10  0:16 ` Linas Vepstas
2004-12-10  0:22 ` Greg KH
2004-12-10  0:39 ` Linas Vepstas

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