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Date:      Sun, 28 Nov 1999 02:47:12 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        Peter.Blok@inter.NL.net
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: AXPCI33 & IDE 
Message-ID:  <199911281047.CAA98685@mass.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 27 Nov 1999 13:02:56 %2B0100." <000301bf38cf$581f5f60$8aac9f0a@homebrew> 

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> 
> I bought an AXPPCI33 board and i'm running freebsd on it now. However i
> can't find information how to configure ISA boards. I know isacfg exists,
> but how am i able to use plug-and-prey boards with it?

You let FreeBSD perform resource allocation.

> I don't know the
> resources used? 

You don't need to.

> Do i have to configure it fixed in an i386 pc and then
> isacfg it in the alpha?

How would you do this?  You don't "configure" PnP devices.

>  Also, how can i use the on-board IDE? It doesn't
> seem to recognize it?

The SRM firmware doesn't support the IDE interface, but the ata code 
should pick it up.  This means you can't boot from it.

-- 
\\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\  Mike Smith
\\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself,  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime.             \\  msmith@cdrom.com




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