From owner-freebsd-stable Fri May 3 23:22:16 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mass.dis.org (dhcp45-25.dis.org [216.240.45.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 234DF37B417 for ; Fri, 3 May 2002 23:22:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mass.dis.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.dis.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g446Jph00707; Fri, 3 May 2002 23:19:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.dis.org) Message-Id: <200205040619.g446Jph00707@mass.dis.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: "Drew Tomlinson" Cc: "Kevin Oberman" , stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: options PNPBIOS In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 18 Apr 2002 21:57:20 PDT." <002101c1e75e$bbfc70f0$1e01a8c0@lc.ca.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 23:19:51 -0700 From: Michael Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > that the BIOS is configured for PNP OS but still get these messages: > > > > > > unknown: can't assign resources > > > unknown: can't assign resources > > > unknown: can't assign resources > > > unknown: can't assign resources > > > unknown: can't assign resources > > > unknown: can't assign resources > > > unknown: can't assign resources > > > unknown: can't assign resources > > > > > > I've searched Google and found others with this problem but no > > > solutions. Is PNPBIOS documented somewhere? Where should I start? > > > > These are always present with PNPBIOS as there are several things that > > identify themselves via PNP that FreeBSD does not know/care > > about. They can almost always be ignored. > > OK, that makes sense. It's wrong though. These are things that you have duplicate data for; typically you have both hints and the PnP BIOS. Nuke the hints and you'll do better. With care, of course. > > Of course, it's entirely possible that I don't understand it. > > You must have a pretty good grasp of it as no one has stepped in to > correct you. :) ... or we're just too busy, or too tired of correcting the same damn misconceptions over and over again. = Mike -- To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. - Theodore Roosevelt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message