From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 16:32:12 +0000 Subject: Re: PCI Hot Plug Operation Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org 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. 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 _______________________________________________________________ Have big pipes? SourceForge.net is looking for download mirrors. We supply the hardware. You get the recognition. Email Us: bandwidth@sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ 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