On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 12:32 AM, John Nemeth <jnem...@cue.bc.ca> wrote:
> On May 3, 10:54pm, Mouse wrote: > } > } > There is also the idea of having a module specify the device(s) > } > it handles by vendor:product > } > } Isn't that rather restrictive in what buses it permits supporting? > > I suppose that other types of identifiers could be used. > > } Indeed, PCI (and close relatives, like PCIe) and USB are the only > } things I can name offhand that even _have_ vendor:product. (Of course, > } I'm sure there are lots of buses out there I've never heard of, or > } don't know enough about.) > > Only buses where the devices are identified would work. For > buses like ISA where you have to probe the devices, it would not > be workable. > Don't forget that ISA buses have ISAPNP as an option, so it's more of a mixed bus. But yea, this can old work on self-enumerating, self-identifying buses. > }-- End of excerpt from Mouse > Warner
