Subject: Re: PnP weirdness
To: Sujal Patel <smpatel@real.com>
From: Michael Graff <explorer@flame.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 07/29/1998 10:38:46
Sujal Patel <smpatel@real.com> writes:

> Most BIOS setup utilities have an option to specify that you have a "Plug
> & Play Compatible OS".  Setting this option will make it so the BIOS
> doesn't configure your PnP cards.  You may need to hunt for this option,
> because many of the BIOS setup's aren't clear about what the setting is
> really doing.

Just be careful here...  Setting this to "no" might make the BIOS stop
configuring PCI devices that are not needed for booting as well, which
NetBSD cannot currently handle.

--Michael