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From: "Serge A. Babkin" <babkin@hq.icb.chel.su>
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Subject: Re: Another idea about my sound card (perhaps Plug&Play is the problem?)
To: ponds!rivers@dg-rtp.dg.com (Thomas David Rivers)
Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 08:02:59 +0500 (GMT+0500)
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> If this is the case with this "Plug and Play" device, what are we to
> do with other "Plug and Play" cards in the future, which will similar
> not have jumpers, but instead be informed of their IRQ, etc...   Does
> any have an idea of how to negotiate an IRQ with a "Plug and Play"
> card?

3c5x9 adapters are claimed to be "Plug-n-Play" too. You can look at
its initialization scheme in if_ep.c. At initialization time such thing
as manufacturer ID is checked, so it may be an universal "Plug-n-Play"
scheme.


		Serge Babkin

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