Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 01:18:24 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: FBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Modem Support Message-ID: <20020102001824.GA1049@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOMEPGCKAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com> References: <20020101213743.GE3117@raggedclown.net> <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOMEPGCKAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>
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On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 04:51:40PM -0500, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote: > PNP = plug in the card and it will play nice with your machine. > All PC expansion cards are PNP compatible now a days no matter > which expansion slot type it goes in. > I hate to be pedantic, but PCI is kind of inherently "plug and play", plug and play was originally an improvement to ISA to make installation less traumatic. On a PCI only system (such as I am using as we speak) finding PnP devices is irrelevant, they will be found anyway, this is inherent in the PCI architecture. PnP may have lost it's original technical meaning and become just another buzz-phrase, but that is not what it originally was. -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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