From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 16:12:59 +0000 Subject: Re: native vs acpi support Message-Id: <20050912161258.GA25541@kroah.com> List-Id: References: <20050912071649.22726.qmail@web35406.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20050912071649.22726.qmail-R/RehLzVjnOvuULXzWHTWIglqE1Y4D90QQ4Iyu8u01E@public.gmane.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: vidyut karan Cc: linux-hotplug-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@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 ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ 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