Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 02:53:17 PDT From: "Albert Fields" <afieldsml@hotmail.com> To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: pnp(4) documentation upgrades Message-ID: <F40QT456UnHAaaz7EjQ00006b5d@hotmail.com>
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Hi,
The below are changes that I recommend be made to various documentation on
the FreeBSD web site and manpages since pnp(4) userconfig manual ISA PnP
support was depreciated. Please disregard manpage changes if the changes
are already in -current. I am running 4.0-RELEASE and haven't gone
-current. The question remains: is there actually something to replace this
functionality? If so, it would help for it to be documented. I feel blind
because, so far, in the mailing lists this has never been clarified, from
what I have searched through, other than to say it was deleted a while back
from 4.0-current. I have also posted some questions to
freebsd-stable,-questions,-hardware; awaiting more responses. How does one
configure ISA PnP devices manually now? If I knew how, I would help you
document it. I haven't went into the kernel source for PnP yet. If I
bring my machine up to -current and find a way to work without pnp(4) I will
let you know.
Let me know if a formal PR on this issue would be of any use.
Thanks,
Al...
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1) Man: pnp(4) -
Recommended: Delete manpage from new releases or correct to reflect working
solution, and/or mark depreciated. 'controller pnp0', 'device pnp0' both
rejected by config in 4.0-RELEASE and earlier from what I have heard.
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: PNP(4) FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual (i386 Architecture)
: PNP(4)
:
: NAME
: pnp - support for PnP devices
:
: SYNOPSIS
: controller pnp0
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
[Snip]
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2) FAQ: http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/hardware.html,
http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/book.html -
Recommended: Change to explain how devices that fail to attach with-out
being configured through userconfig can be attached now without pnp(4). Or
mark as not working in 4.0-RELEASE and other affected versions w/o pnp(4).
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[Snip]
: Q: I have an internal Plug & Play modem and FreeBSD can't find it.
:
: A: You will need to add the modem's PnP ID to the PnP ID list in the :
serial driver. To enable Plug & Play support,
: compile a new kernel with controller pnp0 in the configuration file,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
: then reboot the system. The kernel will print the
: PnP IDs of all the devices it finds. Copy the PnP ID from the modem : to
the table in /sys/i386/isa/sio.c, at about
: line 2777. Look for the string SUP1310 in the structure siopnp_ids[] : to
find the table. Build the kernel again, install,
: reboot, and your modem should be found.
:
: You may have to manually configure the PnP devices using the pnp
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
: command in the boot-time configuration with a
: command like
:
: pnp 1 0 enable os irq0 3 drq0 0 port0 0x2f8
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
:
: to make the modem show.
[Snip]
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