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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Plug and Play naivety
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> Is the (eventual) plan for the PnP code to allow kernel-config-specified
> values to override those programmed by a PnP BIOS?  This would be
> desirable to allow for fixing things when the BIOS botches its
> automatic assignments (and/or I just want to specify, for example, my
> own priorities for IRQs).

One would hope the kernel were capable of automatic assignments.  The
less user involvement, the better.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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