From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Dec 30 13:46:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA04730 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 13:46:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (sj-dsl-9-129-138.dspeed.net [209.249.129.138]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA04725 for ; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 13:46:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hasty@rah.star-gate.com) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (localhost.star-gate.com [127.0.0.1]) by rah.star-gate.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA07109; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 13:45:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hasty@rah.star-gate.com) Message-Id: <199812302145.NAA07109@rah.star-gate.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Bill Fumerola cc: lcremean@tidalwave.net, "Louis A. Mamakos" , Matt Edwards , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PnP PCI modem In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 30 Dec 1998 10:26:12 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 13:45:55 -0800 From: Amancio Hasty Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Perhaps because ISA is slated to die ? PCI devices are easier to manage and they can share interrupts -- true plug and play without the hazzle of ISA PnP. Cheers, Amancio > On Wed, 30 Dec 1998, Lee Cremeans wrote: > > > This is a PCI modem...and PCI modems are all WinModems at this point, though > > there's not really a good reason to be. The ISA PnP stuff won't gain you > > much here. > > Perhaps I'm missing a technology theory here, but why take a fast(er) > bus architecture and put a device on it that wasn't ever close to > exceeding the old architecture? > > Do PCI-only motherboards exist now? What's the point of filling a slot > with something that will do just fine on an {e,}isa slot? > > - bill fumerola - billf@chc-chimes.com - BF1560 - computer horizons corp - > - ph:(800) 252-2421 - bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - billf@FreeBSD.org - > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message