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Subject: Puting PnP support into -current by default
To: smpatel@prognet.com (Sujal Patel)
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 11:04:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: "JULIAN Elischer" <julian@ref.tfs.com>
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> 
> 
> ftp://freefall.freebsd.org/incoming/FreeBSD-ISA_PnP_June8.tar.gz
I think you meant July8 whe you wrote that file :)

seriously.. how close is this to being put into the kernel source tree
by default..
I know I'd like to see it as we recently had to send back
some PnP modems.

I volunteer to put these into -current if no-one else complains..

julian

> 
> Contains a new snapshot of the ISA Plug & Play code.  It includes 1 major
> bug fix for pnpinfo, 1 for the kernel code (a really big bug), and also a
> patch for current and 2.1.5
> 
> The code for the 2.1.5 patch is a little neater, even though both kernel
> patches are functionally equivalent.  Sorry, there is still no
> autoconfiguration or "nicer" configuration.  You'll just have to stuff all
> of the configuration data into a big struct :-)
> 
> Sample configurations are included for 4 cards (Sb16, Supra Modem, SMC
> EtherEz, 3Com EtherLink III).  The code is believed to work on 100% of
> PnP cards.
> 
> 
> Sujal
> 
> PS: Jason, I forgot who was working on this in your camp, and I don't have
> my email-box handy- Please forward this message to him.  Thanks
> 
>