The Linux Plug-and-Play HOWTO

David S.Lawyer mailto:bf347@lafn.org

1. Introduction

• 1.1 Copyright, Trademarks, Disclaimer, & Credits
• 1.2 Future Plans: You Can Help
• 1.3 New Versions of this HOWTO

2. What PnP Should Do: Allocate "Resources"

• 2.1 What is Plug-and-Play (PnP)?
• 2.2 How a Computer Finds Devices (and conversely)
• 2.3 IRQ's --Overview
• 2.4 DMA Channels
• 2.5 Memory Regions
• 2.6 "Resources" in Two Places
• 2.7 The Problem

3. The Plug-and-Play (PnP) Solution

• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Linux Needs PnP
• 3.3 Buses
• 3.4 Configuring a PnP BIOS

4. How To Deal With PnP Cards

• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Disable PnP ?
• 4.3 BIOS Configures PnP
• 4.4 Isapnp
• 4.5 Patch the Kernel to Make Linux PnP
• 4.6 PnP Software and Documents

5. Appendix

• 5.1 Addresses
• 5.2 Interrupts --Details
• 5.3 Isolation