Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 22:14:44 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: regnauld@tetard.hsc.fr (Philippe Regnauld) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org, se@FreeBSD.org, Ollivier.Robert@hsc.fr Subject: Re: 82378ZB PCI ISA Bridge Message-ID: <199604170514.WAA01032@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199604161409.QAA00792@tetard.hsc.fr> from "Philippe Regnauld" at Apr 16, 96 04:09:48 pm
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> We're considering buying Tadpole Pentium notebooks to run FreeBSD. > We've tried running 2.1.0 Release, but the PCI bridge chip is not > recognized -- it's references: 82378 ZB... A bridge chipset need not be recognized if it is correctly initialized to workable values by the POST initialization in the BIOS. Most are, and most bridges aren't recognized as a result. Talk to Stefan Esser for details. > I checked out my current sources, and it has since been added (July > 1995) > > Question: is it possible to directly patch /sys/pci/pcisupport.c > in 2.1.0 with the current version ? Stefan is your guy... I believe the system should "run fine" without recognizing the bridge chips. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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