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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Puting PnP support into -current by default
To: hasty@rah.star-gate.com (Amancio Hasty)
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 14:22:30 -0700 (MST)
Cc: julian@ref.tfs.com, smpatel@prognet.com, hackers@freebsd.org,
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> Careful here with the PnP stuff...
> 
> At the very least the PnP support should have an interface in the 
> kernel config file similar to the way we currently configured devices.
> 
> Let me explain, the current gus pnp configuration is as follows:
> 1. For motherboards which supports PnP
> 
>  device gus0 at isa?   vector gusintr

PNP is a purely ISA phenomenon:

device gus0 at pnp? vector gusintr

The reasoning is simple:

1)	I may have PnP cards, but a non-PnP-BIOS motherboard.

2)	I may have a PnP-BIOS motherboard, but plug in a non-PnP card.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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