Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 16:53:43 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: "Joe & Fhe Barbish" <barbish@a1poweruser.com> Cc: "Cliff Sarginson" <cliff@raggedclown.net>, "FBSD Questions" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Modem Support Message-ID: <200201020053.g020rhd14606@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 01 Jan 2002 16:51:40 EST." <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOMEPGCKAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>
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> From: "Joe & Fhe Barbish" <barbish@a1poweruser.com> > Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 16:51:40 -0500 > Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > 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. Sorry, but I'm afraid not. Plug nd Play is defined by Wintel to be a method of allowing auto-configuration of ISA cards and is defined such by BIOS, which is where it is largely implemented and by FreeBSDs PNPBIOS kernel option. It is true that PCI cards are auto-configurable in most cases, but that is not what the term PNP refers to in the PC (I386) hardware world. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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