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Automatic hardware configuration

Configuration of Hardware is done automatically during system initialization in most Linux Distributions. It may also occur automatically when a hotpluggable device such as a USB device is connected or disconnected.

Automatic configuration tools

  • discover -- A hardware identification library. Also includes a tool for hardware detection at boot-time.
  • hotplug -- Linux Kernel-based mechanism to detect and configure hardware
  • kudzu - Red Hat hardware probing tool

Manual hardware configuration

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