Re: AWE32 PnP

Matthias Urlichs (smurf@smurf.noris.de)
Thu, 26 Sep 1996 13:45:22 +0100

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In linux.dev.kernel, article <199609252358.QAA31544@tidbit.fhda.edu>,
Bob Lanning <lanning@tidbit.fhda.edu> writes:
>
> I wish I could use the ide interface on the card though. The isapnp program,
> being in user space, configures it after the kernel scans for ide interfaces.
>
If you configure the PnP card via linuxrd from a RAM disk, you can then
load the IDE driver as a module.

[Checking] OK, OK, you _would_ be able to load the thing as a module _if_
the author had added module support. Not there (yet?), unfortunately.

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