Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 21:45:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Kenneth W Cochran <kwc@world.std.com> To: Valentin Nechayev <netch@iv.nn.kiev.ua> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel VE Desktop 10/100 NIC NOT SUPPORTED? Message-ID: <200105010145.VAA22091@world.std.com> References: <20010430114352.C646@iv.nn.kiev.ua> <200104301132.f3UBWE810157@mass.dis.org>
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>Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 19:16:20 +0300 >From: Valentin Nechayev <netch@iv.nn.kiev.ua> >To: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, > Jamie Heckford <heckfordj@psi-domain.co.uk> >Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Re: Intel VE Desktop 10/100 NIC NOT SUPPORTED? > >Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 04:32:14, msmith (Mike Smith) wrote >about "Re: Intel VE Desktop 10/100 NIC NOT SUPPORTED?": > >> > > It means that you have "PNP OS" turned on in your BIOS, and the version >> > > of FreeBSD that you are running is not a "PNP OS". >> > Does "options PNPBIOS" fix this? I have a SiS496+AMDK4/133 box where >> > FreeBSD4 hangs up without this option during searching ISA PnP devices, and >> > there are no "PNP OS Yes/No" switch in BIOS. "options PNPBIOS" enables >> > system to load and work correctly but it was found occasionally, >> > no man mentiones this option in such context. (FreeBSD3 did not require >> > any special options to boot.) >> No, it doesn't. And FreeBSD 3.x doesn't support that network adapter at all. > >Sorry, I misspecified context for my question. The system I described >has none ISA PnP devices (really, it has UM9008F in jumperless mode, >which don't reply to PnP queries), the question is not related to `Subject:' >of this thread, but only to "PNP Yes/No" switches in BIOS. And on it, >kernel.GENERIC and any tested 4.x kernel without PNPBIOS option hangs >during hardware checking without any descriptive messages. (The solution >was found after comparing verbose boot output of this system and non-problem >neighbour: it hangs before check PNP devices via first protocol broadcast >port, AFAIR 0x203.) > >> It looks like we are going to need to do some work on this fairly >> quickly, but in the meantime, you are SOL with that board. > >What does PNPBIOS option do? It controls whether the BIOS or the OS will configure PnP devices. At this time the only OSes I'm aware of that are PnP-aware are the newer ones from Microsoft. If you select PNPBIOS, the BIOS should configure (ie. allocate resources for) PnP devices after POST but before OS-boot. (But check with your BIOS documentation.) Some mainboard/BIOS setups (for example Asus with Award BIOS) call this option "PnP OS." In these cases, "no" means you are telling your BIOS that the OS is *not* PnP, so PnP devices should be BIOS-configured. >Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 13:17:59, heckfordj (Jamie Heckford) >wrote about "Re: Intel VE Desktop 10/100 NIC NOT SUPPORTED?": > >> All of the recent BIOS's support this option - it may be hidden >> as something like: >> >> "Operating System Type:" >> >> "WindowsME/2000" >> "Windows95/98" >> "Windows NT4.0/Other" > >This system was bought in April 1996. None of similar switch, neither >in menus nor in documentation. > >/netch -kc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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