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    [PATCH] PnP Rewrite V0.9 - 2.5.43 · f72e5c5c
    Adam Belay authored
    The included patch is essentially a Linux Plug and Play Support rewrite.  It
    contains many significant improvements, including the following:
    
    
    1.)  A Global Plug and Play Layer
        - Now drivers do not have to worry about which plug and play
          protocol they are using.  Calls are made directly to the Linux
          Plug and Play Layer and then forwarded to the appropriate
          protocol.
        - This will make it very easy to integrate ACPI PnP support when
          it's ready
    
    
    2.)  A complete Plug and Play BIOS driver
        - The Plug and Play BIOS now supports reading and writing of
          resource configurations.
        - It is now possible to enable disabled PNPBIOS devices.  Therefore
          the user can safely enable PnP OS support in their BIOS.
    
    
    3.)  Driver Model Integration
        - The entire plug and play layer is integrated into the driver model
        - The user interface is housed here
        - PnP protocols are listed under the bus "pnp"
    
    
    4.)  A powerful global resource configuration interface
        - The user can use this to activate PnP devices for legacy and
          user-level drivers
        - See the documentation for how to configure devices.
    
    5.)  Automatic resource allocation for needed devices
    
    
    6.)  A PnP device name database
    
    And many more improvements.
    
    This patch also adds me to the maintainers list, considering the current
    PnP maintainer has been inactive for over 2 years now.
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