From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Oct 13 02:02:54 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id CAA22072 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 13 Oct 1995 02:02:54 -0700 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id CAA22061 for ; Fri, 13 Oct 1995 02:02:49 -0700 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id TAA18710; Fri, 13 Oct 1995 19:01:32 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199510130931.TAA18710@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: I/O port 0 == autoconfig? - RESULTS To: uhclem%nemesis@fw.ast.com (Frank Durda IV) Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 19:01:31 +0930 (CST) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au In-Reply-To: from "Frank Durda IV" at Oct 12, 95 09:19:00 pm Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1440 Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Frank Durda IV stands accused of saying: > This is a config file change ONLY and should be done in sync with > Mikes change above. > > (3) If Mike can't come through with a scheme, a Plan B will be needed, > such as documenting that you can't change settings for some devices > in "visual". Yuck. > > Ok, if the comment and/or suggestion is technical and not religious, > reply now! I think it's obvious that, for now, '-2' has to be it. I can't say that it makes for much sense, but until we go to the three-stage boot it's the least awful option 8) Speaking of the three-stage boot stuff, I'd like to hear from some/anyone that has a set of screen, serial and disk libraries that interact directly with the BIOS in the state that it's in when the bootsector is loaded. This is a really serious issue that _nobody_ appears to be doing anything about, and it worries me. (Yes, I suspect I'm biting off more than I can chew. How else am I supposed to cultivate an ulcer?) > Frank Durda IV |"Nobody cares how neat your -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" -Terry Lambert UNIX: live FreeBSD or die! [[