Messages in this thread | | | From | "Jakma, Paul" <> | Subject | RE: Hot PCI bus plugging | Date | Tue, 23 Nov 1999 10:31:01 -0000 |
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> Compaq Servers come with hot pluggable PCI slots.. can you > re-scan the PCI > bus once linux has booted? Or would this cause probs?
I don't think you can rescan the bus, but what you can do is hot-replace a card. ie If your nic breaks you could hot-swap it with an identical nic, and insert the driver again.
incidentally, this is no more than what NT4 can do on Compaq hardware.
regards,
-paul jakma.
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