From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Jan 24 16:00:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA24602 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 24 Jan 1998 16:00:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from word.smith.net.au (ppp6.portal.net.au [202.12.71.106]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA24572; Sat, 24 Jan 1998 16:00:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA00352; Sun, 25 Jan 1998 10:23:09 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199801242353.KAA00352@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Luigi Rizzo cc: dstenn@fanfic.org (Dennis Tenn), hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New snap of sound code In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 24 Jan 1998 16:17:48 BST." <199801241517.QAA04453@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 10:23:09 +1030 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > > 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. \\