Re: Hardware Inventory [was: Re: ISA slot detection on PCI systems?]

From: David Brownell (david-b@pacbell.net)
Date: Mon Jan 07 2002 - 17:28:38 EST


> Hopefully, integration of /sbin/hotplug during the boot process (using
> dietHotplug) will reduce the number of things the "coldplug" issue will
> have to handle.

Somewhat -- though it only handles the "load a module"
subproblem. When new devices need any more setup
than that, "dietHotplug" isn't enough.

- Dave

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