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Date:      Tue, 1 Jun 1999 23:13:36 +0100 (BST)
From:      Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
To:        "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net>
Cc:        Bill Paul <wpaul@freebsd.org>, cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/pci if_xl.c
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9906012311090.411-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906011627090.423-100000@sasami.jurai.net>

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On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, Matthew N. Dodd wrote:

> On this note, is there a way to determine the setting of the BIOS PNP OS
> knob?   Windows has to do it somehow...
> 

Not really (other than by noticing that devices haven't been setup right).
Its not a hardware setting but just disables the bios code which sets up
the device.

> Failing this, couldn't the PCI code DTRT if the devices weren't setup?

Eventually. I have the equivalent code for isa pnp almost working (I need
to assign locations to isa pnp cards since my alpha machines don't have
anything close to a PNP bios...)

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Doug Rabson				Mail:  dfr@nlsystems.com
Nonlinear Systems Ltd.			Phone: +44 181 442 9037




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