Mike Cheponis <mac@Wireless.Com> writes:

> Isn't the -point- of Plug-n-Play to allow an OS to completely configure 
> the PCI bus they way it wants?  If you know you have a PnP system, then
> the OS should be able to configure it.

No.

It's supposed to provide conflict resolution.  That is, all cards will
get addresses and interrupts and DMA channels.  The OS can configure
the cards, or the BIOS, but the PCI spec says _bios_ does this.

--Michael