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Re: oskit driver for i8042 keyboard controller


From: Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Subject: Re: oskit driver for i8042 keyboard controller
Date: 09 Nov 2002 16:12:07 -0800
User-agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2

Roland McGrath <roland@gnu.org> writes:

> > Hrm.  Sure, that's fine for the main hard disk.  
> 
> You missed the point.  The probe is recursive.

Hrm, maybe I'm being misled by the use of "probe".  I usually take
"probe for X" to mean "hunt around for X until you find it".  Is there
a different usage here?

Do you mean that in fact the system comprehensively locates every
device the first time any device is opened?





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