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Date:      Mon, 05 Jun 2000 08:29:58 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        "Koster, K.J." <K.J.Koster@kpn.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: PnP OS (was: S5933 PCI Adapter..??) 
Message-ID:  <200006051529.IAA17427@mass.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 05 Jun 2000 11:33:56 BST." <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522026D75D9@l04.research.kpn.com> 

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> Hi Mike,
> 
> > 
> > If you don't have "PnP OS" set, and the card doesn't get
> > resources assigned, this means that there's a resource
> > conflict that prevents the card from being configured.
> > 
> That leaves me wondering, would FreeBSD qualify as a "PnP OS"? I mean, in my
> BIOS setup, would I answer "yes" or "no" to the question "PnP OS?". (Asus
> K7V, Award BIOS, if that makes a difference).

You would answer "no".  FreeBSD doesn't perform resource allocation; it 
depends on the BIOS to do it.

-- 
\\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\  Mike Smith
\\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself,  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime.             \\  msmith@cdrom.com




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