Re: PnP OS (was: S5933 PCI Adapter..??)

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From
Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
Date
5 Jun 2000 08:27:13
Subject
Re: PnP OS (was: S5933 PCI Adapter..??)
Message-ID
200006051529.IAA17427@mass.cdrom.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.

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