Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 10:22:35 +0200 (MET DST) From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> To: stefan@promo.de (Stefan Bethke) Cc: archie@whistle.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ISA-PnP w\o BIOS support? Message-ID: <199805060822.KAA10052@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> In-Reply-To: <392429.3103443133@d254.promo.de> from "Stefan Bethke" at May 6, 98 11:31:54 am
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> > so basically the problem is not solvable automatically. By the time you > > igve hints to the os on which resources are free, you could as well > > assign resources to the pnp devices which need them. > > Basically, yes. Pratically, giving the OS hints about ressources used > instead of wiring down the PnP configuration gives me three advantages: ... > Would it be so hard to have one or more "reserved" ISA devices, which you > can add like any other device, and update throught the usual mechanisms? i don't know. > I'll take a look on the weekend... I have to say that shuffling ideas, suggestions, or requests for features is a nice thing, but at this point i think we have by far much more projects than manpower, so what we really need is people start implementing things. So your last sentence is very appreciated... cheers luigi -----------------------------+-------------------------------------- Luigi Rizzo | Dip. di Ingegneria dell'Informazione email: luigi@iet.unipi.it | Universita' di Pisa tel: +39-50-568533 | via Diotisalvi 2, 56126 PISA (Italy) fax: +39-50-568522 | http://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/ _____________________________|______________________________________ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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