From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 23 13:57:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA19605 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 23 Jan 1998 13:57:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA19573 for ; Fri, 23 Jan 1998 13:57:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA08331; Fri, 23 Jan 1998 13:00:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 13:00:45 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: "Cartwright, Mark, A GTE HQ SSG/SCLW" cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PnP in 2.2-STABLE In-Reply-To: <2F2B6E9B0556D111817B00600852B3A22BE0A7@FSJUBJ03.GUNTER.AF.MIL> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Wed, 21 Jan 1998, Cartwright, Mark, A GTE HQ SSG/SCLW wrote: > I currently use FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE, but have just read on the > page that PnP is now more fully supported in -CURRENT and -STABLE branches. > My question is this: Is it worth the time of downloading the new sources to > get the PnP compatibility code, meaning, does it actually work with most > standard PnP devices? I know that may sound shrewd, but I have a slow > dial-up connection, and updating my source tree using cvsup is slow at best, > not to mention the time it takes to 'make world'. PnP is not in the core distribution. YOu have to install it as a kernel patch. Check the mail archives for more information. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major