From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jan 19 07:16:39 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA14916 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 07:16:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from qix (hibou.obs-besancon.fr [193.52.184.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA14887 for ; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 07:16:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jmz@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: (from jmz@localhost) by qix (8.9.2/8.8.7) id QAA10060; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 16:18:40 +0100 (MET) Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 16:18:40 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <199901191518.QAA10060@qix> X-Authentication-Warning: qix: jmz set sender to jmz@qix using -f From: Jean-Marc Zucconi To: mike@smith.net.au CC: brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU, matthew@wolfepub.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: <199901190354.TAA01143@dingo.cdrom.com> (message from Mike Smith on Mon, 18 Jan 1999 19:54:37 -0800) Subject: Re: My BIOS wants to know "Do you have a PNP OS?" X-Mailer: Emacs Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >>>>> Mike Smith writes: >> On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Matthew Hagerty wrote: >> >> > What should the "PNP OS?" option in a BIOS be set to? What effect does >> > this setting have on FreeBSD? >> >> This should be set to "No". When set to yes, the BIOS will violate the >> PCI spec and not configure the PCI cards in your system. > ^may > Most will actually configure PCI cards; those that don't may configure > just those that might form part of the boot path. > More significantly, when set to "yes", ISA PnP cards will not be > automatically configured. This is bad. This is not my experience. My 3C509B won't work when the PnP option is set to NO. Jean-Marc -- Jean-Marc Zucconi PGP Key: finger jmz@FreeBSD.ORG To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message