Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 16:41:02 -0400 From: Gary Corcoran <garycorc@mail.idt.net> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: smpatel@umiacs.umd.edu, janus@freegate.net, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Plug and Play naivety Message-ID: <324452DE.2993@mail.idt.net> References: <199609211938.MAA02521@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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Terry Lambert wrote: > > > Is the (eventual) plan for the PnP code to allow kernel-config-specified > > values to override those programmed by a PnP BIOS? This would be > > desirable to allow for fixing things when the BIOS botches its > > automatic assignments (and/or I just want to specify, for example, my > > own priorities for IRQs). > > One would hope the kernel were capable of automatic assignments. The > less user involvement, the better. > > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org > --- Sure, if all assignments _can_ be handled automatically, I'm all for it. But I would like to have the _option_ of overriding automatic assignments in case things go wrong. I've wasted too many hours fighting "all-knowing" PnP BIOSes and Win95, which, had I the option of setting things to what *I* said, would have solved my problems in 2 minutes... Gary
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