[ltp] Dynamically enabling usb ports on Dock II

[Alex Deucher]

On 4/21/05, David A. Desrosiers <desrod@gnu-designs.com> wrote:
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>         I can now dock and undock my T42p from my Dock II, which is a
> nice new feature, but I can't seem to any of the external ports or
> peripherals recognized by acpi or otherwise, unless I cold boot the
> laptop while docked. I've tried removing the associated modules for
> usb that I use, and re-inserting them, but the ports just aren't seen.
>=20
>         Is there some trick here I'm missing?

Linux doesn't yet support PCI bus hotplugging.  PCI buses are
enumerated at boot time.  New buses can't be added at runtime.

Alex

>=20
>=20
> David A. Desrosiers
> desrod@gnu-designs.com
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