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Date:      Mon, 8 Dec 1997 06:57:00 +0300 (MSK)
From:      =?KOI8-R?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= <ache@nagual.pp.ru>
To:        Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
Cc:        dstenn@fanfic.org, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: PnP code (was: Re: SB AWE64 support)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971208065257.222A-100000@ache.relcom.ru>
In-Reply-To: <199712061037.LAA25626@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>

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On Sat, 6 Dec 1997, Luigi Rizzo wrote:

> BUT: if you want the kernel to override and PnP configuration set (or
> not set) by the bios, which is what "os enable" does, that should never
> happen, at least not in the driver.

Hmm, why not? I.e. if pnp code sees awe0 at 0x620 in configuration
file, why not "os enable" other 2 ports automatically? What is
some possible bad effects I overlook?

> We can write extensive documentation on how to use the _manual_
> PnP configuration features, perhaps imrove the user interface so
> one does not have to use criptic numbers but more significant names,
> but that's about it.

I think this awe hack should be mentioned at least in some visible
place like LINT...

-- 
Andrey A. Chernov
<ache@nietzsche.net>
http://www.nagual.pp.ru/~ache/




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