Re: PNP Bios

From: Mike Fedyk (mfedyk@matchmail.com)
Date: Mon Nov 26 2001 - 23:23:59 EST


On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 10:24:02PM -0500, Louis Garcia wrote:
> > > >From the -ac tree are we going to bring over the PNP Bio?s if so I
> > > would
> > > like to bring them up to date if that would be OK.
> > > I?m a NEW Kernel Developer wanting to get my hands dirty.
> >
> > I plan to submit PnP BIOS to 2.5 but not 2.4 - it needs more study yet
>
>
> I thought ACPI is going to replace PNP Bios in the future?
>
> Louis

ACPI will replace APM, but APM will be needed to support the older hardware.

I don't think ACPI will replace Plug 'n Play.

MF
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