From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jan 19 08:37:08 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA06384 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 08:37:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles238.castles.com [208.214.165.238]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA06377; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 08:37:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA05229; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 08:33:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199901191633.IAA05229@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Jean-Marc Zucconi cc: mike@smith.net.au, brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU, matthew@wolfepub.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: My BIOS wants to know "Do you have a PNP OS?" In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 19 Jan 1999 16:18:40 +0100." <199901191518.QAA10060@qix> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 08:33:38 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > >>>>> Mike Smith writes: > > >> 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. > > This is not my experience. My 3C509B won't work when the PnP option is > set to NO. Is that "509B" or "905B"? The '509 is not a PnP card, and if it's failing with "PnP OS" set to "NO", I can only guess that some part of the ISA PNP process is tying it in knots. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message