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SubjectRe: PnP for Linux
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/ _| _ _
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