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Date:      Tue, 7 Apr 1998 23:58:11 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Dave Marquardt <marquard@zilker.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Modems.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980407235732.27673I-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <85hg45c7ev.fsf@localhost.zilker.net>

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On 7 Apr 1998, Dave Marquardt wrote:

> > > The FAQs and handbook are a little sparse on PnP, unfortunately.
> > 
> > 2.2.6 was the first release with PnP.  If there are gotcha's by all means
> > let us know so we can put them somewhere, even if the only place we have
> > is my brain. :)
> 
> Well, when I said it was sparse, I guess I should have said "Almost
> nothing at all."  Seriously, I cvsup the doc stuff the same time I
> cvsup'd 2.2.6-RELEASE, and there's a section in the FAQ on how PnP
> devices are detected and initialized, but not really the mechanics of
> playing with the USERCONFIG stuff in the kernel after booting with -c.
> I would have thought such an important new feature would be better
> documented.  Oh well, I can understand how one runs out of time.  The
> pnpinfo and pnp and dset man pages are okay, but if you're not all
> that familiar with Plug n Play stuff, they don't quite tell you what
> to do.

The only documentation you really _need_ is how to enable it -- compile
``controller pnp0'' into your kernel.  Hey, it's Plug&Pray, it's supposed
to Just Work, right? :-)

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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