Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 09:35:46 -0700 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: Joe Beiter <jwb@xioa.cosmic.org> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Plug and Play naivety Message-ID: <199709291635.JAA04828@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 30 Sep 1997 00:12:52 %2B0930." <199709291442.AAA00386@word.smith.net.au>
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Hi Joe, Questions related to sound cards to the multimedia mailing list. Luigi has a sound driver which works with Sujal Patel's PnP package. Cheers, Amancio >From The Desk Of Mike Smith : > > > > My BIOs also claims to support plug and play. In Freebsd (2.2.2-R) I have > > set the sound card (soundblaster 16) to the same settings Windoze 95 picked > > up but the Kernel still can't find the card. > > Your BIOS is leaving the card disabled because it is not a device > required for booting. This is correct behaviour according to the PnP > standard document. > > Windows '95 will be performing resource allocation and activating the > card. There is no code in FreeBSD 2.2.* to do this. > > > I was going to seek out this beta driver until I saw Janice's posting. What > > is my recourse? Do without the sound card or find another OS? > > That depends on your requirements. I wouldn't be exactly inclined to > chose an operating system based on whether or not it supported my > soundcard, but your criteria may vary. > > > I'm already "doing without" PPP due to an obscure problem between pppd and > > a particular release of Bay code. > > ... you could always try the usermode 'ppp', which is slightly more > actively maintained, or attempt to work through your problem with Paul > Mackerras. (The developer/maintainer of the 'pppd' program.) > > > ]1. mail from Sujal notes that "if your motherboard supports PnP > > ]devices, then you don't need this code". What does this mean? > > It's not entirely correct, in that it implies that the PnP BIOS will > leave all devices enabled. Some older systems did this; it is not > universal. > > mike > > >
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