Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 07:07:59 +0200 (MET DST) From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> To: se@FreeBSD.ORG (Stefan Esser) Cc: hasty@rah.star-gate.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG, se@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Advice sought on PnP configuration Message-ID: <199707310507.HAA05175@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> In-Reply-To: <19970730212526.55863@mi.uni-koeln.de> from "Stefan Esser" at Jul 30, 97 09:25:07 pm
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> > On Jul 30, Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> wrote: > > HOWEVER: this relies on the PnP (or PCI for what matters) BIOS to > > work correctly (which might be false, see at the end of the message). > > Well, there are **lots** of non-PnP mother boards out there > (and I happen to own one, and for that reason I care :) > > Whatever solution we finally implement, we must be able to > attach PnP boards without any help from the PnP BIOS. Ok, so you are calling for a more powerful configuration mechanism, whereas I was trying to see if I could implement something much simpler which would not require user help, etc.etc. > What do you think about my proposed sequence ? I like it, the only problem is I am unable to implement it myself :) Cheers Luigi -----------------------------+-------------------------------------- Luigi Rizzo | Dip. di Ingegneria dell'Informazione email: luigi@iet.unipi.it | Universita' di Pisa tel: +39-50-568533 | via Diotisalvi 2, 56126 PISA (Italy) fax: +39-50-568522 | http://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/ _____________________________|______________________________________
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