Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 15:02:21 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: garycorc@mail.idt.net Cc: terry@lambert.org, smpatel@umiacs.umd.edu, janus@freegate.net, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Plug and Play naivety Message-ID: <199609212202.PAA02699@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <324452DE.2993@mail.idt.net> from "Gary Corcoran" at Sep 21, 96 04:41:02 pm
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> > One would hope the kernel were capable of automatic assignments. The > > less user involvement, the better. > > 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... The *kernel* would override the BIOS instead of needing a human to do the job by mentally setting jumpers (worse than non-PnP hardware, in that case, if you ask me). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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