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Writing an ACPI driver - an introduction

Writing an ACPI driver - an introduction

Posted Dec 24, 2009 12:40 UTC (Thu) by quotemstr (subscriber, #45331)
In reply to: Writing an ACPI driver - an introduction by modernjazz
Parent article: Writing an ACPI driver - an introduction

These strings use the same namespace as old ISA PNP devices
How did that happen? It's a bit like "yeah, my car's timing pulley is actually derived from the Antikythera mechanism, so if you're a classical archaeologist, you'll be right at home fixing it."


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Writing an ACPI driver - an introduction

Posted Dec 25, 2009 1:12 UTC (Fri) by BenHutchings (subscriber, #37955) [Link]

The PNPBIOS extensions didn't just cover ISA cards but most non-PCI on-board devices. ACPI also covers those non-PCI on-board devices. So it's not entirely crazy to use the same namespace.

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