From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 22 17:02:30 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4164B16A4B3 for ; Mon, 22 Sep 2003 17:02:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB38C43FEC for ; Mon, 22 Sep 2003 17:02:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9BA7472DA3; Mon, 22 Sep 2003 17:02:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98F8072DA2; Mon, 22 Sep 2003 17:02:29 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 17:02:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Bruce Mackay In-Reply-To: <20030922180544.3d669cf4.brucem128@comcast.net> Message-ID: <20030922170108.S77586@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <20030920100019.18272a92.brucem128@comcast.net> <20030922060419.7efc135e.brucem128@comcast.net> <20030922180544.3d669cf4.brucem128@comcast.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sound card troubles X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 00:02:30 -0000 On Mon, 22 Sep 2003, Bruce Mackay wrote: > > Most BIOSen with PnP support have an option to clear the device config and > > force a PCI/PnP resource reconfiguration on next boot. > > > > > Laugh, it's actually a toshiba POS. I wish I had realised that > the BIOS was so feeble. One of the reasons I'm checking out FreeBSD is > so that I can tinker with different stuff. Oh well... Tinkering with BIOS options isn't a feature of most operating systems :) > Is this something that FreeBSD team has considered or is > considering supporting PnP enforced BIOSes systems? Or am I SOL? There is a PNPBIOS kernel option in -stable you might try, but no guarantees. I wonder if Toshiba has a program floating around to toggle the PnP bit anyway since it would preclude anything but Windows from running on the machine. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org