Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 19:54:37 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "Brian W. Buchanan" <brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> Cc: Matthew Hagerty <matthew@wolfepub.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: My BIOS wants to know "Do you have a PNP OS?" Message-ID: <199901190354.TAA01143@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 18 Jan 1999 19:48:58 PST." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901181947180.470-100000@smarter.than.nu>
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> On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Matthew Hagerty wrote:
>
> > What should the "PNP OS?" option in a BIOS be set to? What effect does
> > this setting have on FreeBSD?
>
> This should be set to "No". When set to yes, the BIOS will violate the
> PCI spec and not configure the PCI cards in your system.
^may
Most will actually configure PCI cards; those that don't may configure
just those that might form part of the boot path.
More significantly, when set to "yes", ISA PnP cards will not be
automatically configured. This is bad.
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