Re: 2.2.0 wishlist

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 16 Jun 1996 12:27:07 +0100 (BST)


> > There is already a project working on ISA PnP.
> Say, isn't PnP made to for specific motherboards (read x86) and operating
> system (read Windows 95)?
>
> Whatever happened to idea that I can buy one card that works for Mac,
> Alpha, Sparc, Pentium, PowerPC, etc, etc, etc,???? Reminds me of PCI.
> Don't you think PCI Pnp beats the purpose of PCI?

PCI is plug and play (near enough) already. You just haven't been counting
the number of jumpers you set on PCI cards 8)