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From Jonathan Bartlett
Subject Re: Linux supports hot-swappable hardware? [was Re:
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In response to Re: Linux supports hot-swappable hardware? [was Re:  (Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>)
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> You mean that I can go into my white box PC and yank an unused PCI
> card from a "live" system, if it is running Linux?

Yes, but if you want to keep from damaging your harwdare you need to use
cards that follow the CompactPCI specification.  This may require a
specialized PCI controller as well, although I'm not certain.

Jon

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