Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 21:57:20 -0700 From: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net> To: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> Cc: <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: options PNPBIOS Message-ID: <002101c1e75e$bbfc70f0$1e01a8c0@lc.ca.gov> References: <20020418225931.E554A5D04@ptavv.es.net>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net> Cc: <stable@freebsd.org> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 3:59 PM Subject: Re: options PNPBIOS > > From: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net> > > Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 10:24:00 -0700 > > Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > > > > I compiled a kernel with options PNPBIOS as instructed in LINT to get my > > sound card working. The machine is a Pentium II Pro. I have ensured > > that the BIOS is configured for PNP OS but still get these messages: > > > > unknown: <PNP0000> can't assign resources > > unknown: <PNP0303> can't assign resources > > unknown: <PNP0f13> can't assign resources > > unknown: <PNP0c01> can't assign resources > > unknown: <PNP0700> can't assign resources > > unknown: <PNP0400> can't assign resources > > unknown: <PNP0501> can't assign resources > > unknown: <PNP0501> can't assign resources > > > > I've searched Google and found others with this problem but no > > solutions. Is PNPBIOS documented somewhere? Where should I start? > > These are always present with PNPBIOS as there are several things that > identify themselves via PNP that FreeBSD does not know/care > about. They can almost always be ignored. OK, that makes sense. > As I understand it, PNPBIOS and having BIOS configured for PNP are > very different things and the general advice I have seen is to not > turn on PNP in BIOS. Thanks. After re-reading my orginal post, I wasn't very clear. I configured the BIOS for a PnP OS, meaning the BIOS should disable PnP and leave the management to the OS. > As I understand it, PNPBIOS causes FreeBSD to query BIOS for device > information on all device. It eliminates the need to specify all sorts > of stuff like iomem, irq, and drq in the kernel for ISA devices. I > generally find it annoying and go ahead and define all of the > parameters in my kernel config. > > Of course, it's entirely possible that I don't understand it. You must have a pretty good grasp of it as no one has stepped in to correct you. :) Thanks for your reply, Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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