Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 08:08:40 -0400 From: Andy Sparrow <spadger@best.com> To: hans@lambermont.dyndns.org (Hans Lambermont) Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: options PNPBIOS Message-ID: <20020419120840.77EF53E34@CRWdog.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 19 Apr 2002 11:23:33 %2B0200." <20020419112333.A32578@moya.lambermont.dyndns.org>
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--==_Exmh_-158748760P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > 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. > > I understand it differently: setting PNP OS to YES in the BIOS means > that the OS must be a PNP OS (ie able to work together with the PNP BIOS). I believe that you are substantially correct. > Can someone with more knowledge in this field than me confirm this please ? Probably barely more, but still. This has bitten me with a couple of my machines. PNPOS=Yes in the BIOS means that the OS will allocate resources for the card, and the BIOS doesn't need to bother. PNPOS=No means that the OS won't do this, so the BIOS needs to do it. FreeBSD is noy a "PNP OS", it's only "PnP-Aware". Best results are generally obtained when setting PNPBIOS=No, and letting the BIOS allocate resources. Problems are often noted when the BIOS doesn't contain this option, or when the BIOS is "lazy" and doesn't actually allocate resources, even if this option is set. HTH. AS --==_Exmh_-158748760P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQE8wAjIPHh895bDXeQRApwYAJ9U5gWiYkFachvNLEeb9a5NgNqegACfZPWa hWOeY9g7YhiW4xm3PU9pU2w= =cDF3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_-158748760P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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