Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 14 Mar 1999 20:54:06 -0500 (EST) | From | Alec Smith <> | Subject | Re: PnP for Linux |
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How about pnpisa? Use it in /etc/init.d/pnpisa or something similar, then load whatever modules. The last thing I want to see Linux doing is a registry like Winblows does. If anything, put the pnpisa init code into the kernelm, but please, no Windows-style registry.
On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, Dag Wieers wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Mar 1999, Rayson Ho wrote: > > I think we can modify the Linux Kernel boot sequence: > > -- so that we can save one reboot! > > 1)Linux Kernel boots > > 2)Init runs > > 3)an rc script reads the hardware info (registry for Linux?) > > 4)the script runs a program to config the PnP devices > > 5)the script loads the modules for the PnP devices > > 6)normal startup sequence... > > > > ** By 'script' I mean the script + the necessary programs. > isn't that what we all already are doing ? ;) > > you only have to reboot for plugging the hardware in or running a new > kernel. and maybe that last step will be obsolete too in the future ? > > -- > dag wieers, <dag@life.be>, http://dag.life.be/ _| _ _ > for life is quite absurd, (_|(_|(_| > and death's the final word. -- Monty Python | > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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