Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 04:10:03 -0800 (PST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/32169: kernel option to enable PCI devices on machines with negligent BIOS Message-ID: <200111231210.fANCA3221765@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/32169; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> Cc: <FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: kern/32169: kernel option to enable PCI devices on machines with negligent BIOS Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 23:02:01 +1100 (EST) On Wed, 21 Nov 2001, Tony Finch wrote: > >Description: > > The BIOS doesn't activate the IO ports and memory of the PCI devices, > and neither does FreeBSD, so none of them can be used. There is an > unsupported option in FreeBSD that does the job, which the patch > below makes more visible. > > >How-To-Repeat: > >Fix: > ... This fix is already in -current, except it is in the wrong options files (in only 2 of 6 machine-dependent options files, but this option is machine-independent). Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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