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Date:      Tue, 22 Aug 2000 11:06:04 -0600 (MDT)
From:      John Galt <galt@inconnu.isu.edu>
To:        Ross A Lippert <ripper@plato.nmia.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: pnp 1 0 enable os irq0 3 drq0 0 port0 0x2f8
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.21.0008221105480.22791-100000@inconnu.isu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <m13QwEe-0011ZKC@plato.nmia.com>

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man pnp

On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, Ross A Lippert wrote:

> Quoting the FAQ: 
> >You may have to manually configure the PnP devices using
> >the pnp command in the boot-time configuration with a command like
> >
> >    pnp 1 0 enable os irq0 3 drq0 0 port0 0x2f8
> 
> Can someone explain to me what the arguments mean?
> the 1 and the 0 baffle me
> "enable" seems like a positive thing to say
> "os" what os?  what else would I enable but the os?
> 
> "drq0 0", "irq0 3" and "port0 0x2f8" are pretty clear from the archives,
> though I don't know what a drq is, I guess I could look it up somewhere.
> 
> I've find a few unanswered pleas for kernel.conf documentation such as
> this.  Does anyone have any?
> 
> 
> (I am not subscribed-- respond with cc: ripper@nmia.com)
> 
> 
> -r
> 
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