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    SubjectRe: PNP patch into kernel when?
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    > > Some of the kernel drivers already knowingly abuse the existing API,
    > > for the sake of the functionality the proposed new API provides.
    > > Still more drivers (nearly all I expect) make assumptions that are not
    > > allowed with PnP, and the existing API allows/expects/promotes this.
    >
    > What assumptions are these?

    Well off the top of my head:
    - Devices fully decode the bus.
    - request_region() and free_region() always succeed.
    - I/O regions can be described by a short.
    - request_dma() and free_dma() control 16 physical interrupts.
    - No hardware resource changes are allowed during an interrupt.

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    Andrew E. Mileski mailto:aem@ott.hookup.net
    Linux Plug-and-Play Kernel Project http://www.redhat.com/linux-info/pnp/
    XFree86 Matrox Team http://www.bf.rmit.edu.au/~ajv/xf86-matrox.html

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