Re: New serial problem?

[James S. <jsi...@tr...>]

> Theoritically. When I first tried the 2.4.x kernels, PNP support failed
> to initialize my network card. That's why I stuck to isapnp.

Ah. I see.

> > kernel. The serial device you have is PNP?
> 
> It's a joystick. So normally, you plug it in, and then you play ;)
> Seriously, I must admit I have no idea. What does it mean for such a
> device to be PNP ? It should answer to some "standard" query by a
> vendor/product id ?

Plug-and-play (PnP) is a system which automatically detects PC devices
such as disks, sound cards, ethernet cards, modems, etc.  It also does
some low-level configuring of them.  To be detected by PnP, the device
must be designed for PnP.  Non-PnP devices (or PnP devices which have
been correctly PnP-configured), can often be detected by non-PnP
methods.