On Fri, 2004-03-05 at 16:52, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > Li-Ta Lo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > What happen if a device is listed as a static device in the > > config file but does not actually exist in the physical system ? > > The device won't go away. But it can legitimately show up as > a disabled device in the device tree. > > I'm not certain when you would want to report a device statically > that may or may not be there. >
That happens for the processor. We list two cpus in current k8 mainboard config files. But if there is only one cpu install, we will have a lot of "absent" devices. Ollie > Regardless showing up as disabled is effectively gone so it should > not be a real limitation. > > Eric > _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
