Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 10:23:09 +1030 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Cc: dstenn@fanfic.org (Dennis Tenn), hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New snap of sound code Message-ID: <199801242353.KAA00352@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 24 Jan 1998 16:17:48 BST." <199801241517.QAA04453@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
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> > Will there be any work re:AWE PnP autodetect code? I love the fact that > > it works but I was wondering if there will be anything done to the code > > that will make it unnecessary for us to manually enter kernel config mode > > to enable the card. Just a thought. > > considering that PnP autodetect requires quite some effort in the > code (to retrieve used resources from BIOS and check for conflicts > with legacy ISA devices, and then it might still fail as it does > in many BIOSes) and that with the "dset" patches the manual > configuration only needs to be done once (and can be put in > /kernel.config), I don't plan to put any work on this. ... but if anyone does I would be more than happy to pass on the information I have assembled to date on what is required (and such fragments of code as I have for this). The real challenge (for me at any rate) is dealing with calling the BIOS. If you're an x86 stud that's looking for a neat challenge, I could do with some help. 8) -- \\ 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. \\
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