From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jan 10 13:17:16 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id NAA02008 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 10 Jan 1996 13:17:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (rah.star-gate.com [204.188.121.18]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA02003 for ; Wed, 10 Jan 1996 13:17:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (localhost.v-site.net [127.0.0.1]) by rah.star-gate.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id NAA02144; Wed, 10 Jan 1996 13:16:42 -0800 Message-Id: <199601102116.NAA02144@rah.star-gate.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.5 12/11/95 To: Terry Lambert cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: PnP problem... In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 10 Jan 1996 13:25:45 MST." <199601102025.NAA15319@phaeton.artisoft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 13:16:36 -0800 From: "Amancio Hasty Jr." Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>> Terry Lambert said: > > Lets take this a step a time. In my case, I have a PnP motherboard. > > > > 1) disable all PnP > > 2) probe all non-PnP cards > > 3) Query PnP cards for where they may fit > > 4) Do a topological sort to fit them all > > > > How am I supposed to know that I have a driver for a given PnP device? > > You don't care, in the general case. > Terry most cool, now the next step. Care to write the topological sort? We are all happily waiting 8) Tnks! Amancio