Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 19:01:31 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: uhclem%nemesis@fw.ast.com (Frank Durda IV) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au Subject: Re: I/O port 0 == autoconfig? - RESULTS Message-ID: <199510130931.TAA18710@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <m0t3ZiH-000IvuC@nemesis.lonestar.org> from "Frank Durda IV" at Oct 12, 95 09:19:00 pm
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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 <uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org>|"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! [[
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