Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 15:52:59 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Rasputin <rasputin@submonkey.net> Cc: stable@freebsd.org, msmith@mass.dis.org Subject: Re: option PNPBIOS Message-ID: <200109272253.f8RMr0a03302@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Rasputin <rasputin@submonkey.net> of "Thu, 27 Sep 2001 20:18:24 BST." <20010927201824.A29493@shikima.mine.nu>
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> > Does this kernel option do anything (in 4.4-STABLE)? > > I'm not sure to read it as > ' BSD doesn't need to sort anything out, the BIOS did it all ' > (due to the name) or as: > ' assume everything is a mess when the kernel boots' > (since it seems to have replaced pnp0) It's neither. It means "go ask the BIOS about PnP devices as well as scanning the ISA bus". > I'm having grief getting a USB card fitted, and think it > would help to have FreeBSD sort out the PCI bus because, > frankly, my BIOS is crap at it. This is a major ongoing project. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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