Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 14:37:25 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: "Greg Smith" <gregsmith59@hotmail.com> Cc: finlayson@live.com, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems getting WaveLAN device (wi0) working Message-ID: <200009212137.OAA01923@mass.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 21 Sep 2000 21:23:23 GMT." <F209GbPn6U9BekWo76U00001332@hotmail.com>
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> FreeBSD cannot give a nice report of resources already consumed. This is correct. > It's hard > to tell if it even knows. This is a consequence. > FreeBSD sometimes seems to mis-assign resources > already in use. This is incorrect. > Win95 will report exactly what resources are in use, and is smart enough to > disable devices which have conflicting resource requirements, unless it is > OK. Sometimes. Windows is over-paranoid about this. Try eg. moving a PCI adapter from one slot to another. -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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