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Subject: Re: Probing PCI devices not detected by BIOS
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In message: <415EC35E.6050602@jonny.eng.br>
            Jo=E3o Carlos Mendes Lu=EDs <jonny@jonny.eng.br> writes:
:      My problem: I have an old ASUS P2B-DS motherboard based server, =
and want to =

: use a Realtek 8169 Gigabit LAN Card with it.  But the BIOS does not d=
etect the =

: LAN card, I don't know why.  If I put the card in another computer, i=
t is =

: detected perfectly.  Unless this is a hardware incompatibility proble=
m, I would =

: expect FreeBSD to do a better job than the old BIOS.

Chances are good that you might have a problem.  I have a few devices
that don't appear on one of my machines because the machines are too
old and not compliant with the latest PCI standards.  I also have one
cardbus card that refuses to work on some machine due to, I think, bad
(no?) 3.3V power.

Warner