Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 18:05:44 -0400 From: Bruce Mackay <brucem128@comcast.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sound card troubles Message-ID: <20030922180544.3d669cf4.brucem128@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <20030922092610.F77036@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <20030920100019.18272a92.brucem128@comcast.net> <20030921125610.K68357@carver.gumbysoft.com> <20030922060419.7efc135e.brucem128@comcast.net> <20030922092610.F77036@carver.gumbysoft.com>
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On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 09:27:52 -0700 (PDT) Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> wrote: > On Mon, 22 Sep 2003, Bruce Mackay wrote: > > > Yeah the only thing I can change in this stupid BIOS is the time. > > PnP cannot be turned off through the BIOS apparently. What do you mean > > by wiping the device configuration? Maybe I'll try doing that anyway > > and see what happens. > > Is this some dell POS? You might check for a BIOS update. > > Most BIOSen with PnP support have an option to clear the device config and > force a PCI/PnP resource reconfiguration on next boot. > <snip> Laugh, it's actually a toshiba POS. I wish I had realised that the BIOS was so feeble. One of the reasons I'm checking out FreeBSD is so that I can tinker with different stuff. Oh well... Is this something that FreeBSD team has considered or is considering supporting PnP enforced BIOSes systems? Or am I SOL? Bruce
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