Re: Hot PCI bus plugging

Magnus Damm (damm@kieraypc01.p.y.ki.era.ericsson.se)
Wed, 24 Nov 1999 11:04:49 +0100


> You've never actually tried this, have you?

Nah, I've only configured a laptop and assumed that all modules
were probed at insertion time... But that is great news!

> > problem 2: any pc with multiple network cards: configuration
>
> The PCMCIA package also (imo) nicely deals with this problem. You can
> configure network devices based on which slot they're in, or by MAC
> address. Likewise, you can configure SCSI devices based on their SCSI
> ID's, instead of sda/sdb/etc assignments. This can all be done in
> userspace.

Wouldn't it be nice if all devices were treated in a similar way?

I have not read any USB spec, but I guess they have vendor/device id:s too...

/ Magnus Damm

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