Re: Linux hot swap support

Greg KH (greg@kroah.com)
Wed, 18 Sep 2002 14:30:59 -0700

On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 05:09:50PM -0400, Bloch, Jack wrote:
> Our HW uses an AMCC S5935 PCI controller. Right now, since we own both
> device and SW, we are using a simple interrupt mechanism to accomplish the
> hot swap.

What do you mean "simple interrupt mechanism"? How does the OS know
that a PCI card has disappeared or show up?

thanks,

greg k-h
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