Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 21:46:05 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@village.org> To: mlsmith@mitre.org Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PnP OS Problem Message-ID: <20020501.214605.52620437.imp@village.org> In-Reply-To: <3CD02F48.ED9BFC45@mitre.org> References: <3CD02F48.ED9BFC45@mitre.org>
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"PSI, Mike Smith" <mlsmith@mitre.org> writes:
: I just noticed that someone else ran into a problem with the solution
: "Disable PNP OS in the BIOS". I too ran into that some time back for a
: very different problem. If it weren't for the great help from this list,
: I would probably still be chasing that one down.
:
: Now I haven't installed FreeBSD for some time so this may be done
: already.
:
: Is there ANY benefit to having PNP OS enabled?? I know there are a lot
: of problems if it is? If there are no benefits, I would suggest making
: this (disabling it) a VERY BLATANT step (suggestion?) in the
: installation instructions for FreeBSD. Again, I haven't installed in
: quite some time so if this is already in place, I apologize.
At this time, FreeBSD requires PNP OS disabled. It does not yet do
full resource assignment for pci cards, for example.
Warner
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