Subject: Re: i386 ex0
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Ken Hornstein <kenh@cmf.nrl.navy.mil>
List: port-i386
Date: 06/02/1999 15:14:31
> > >Make sure to turn OFF PnP OS in BIOS.
> > 
> > Speaking of which, what would be involved in fixing this?
>
>Implementing PCI bus configuration code in the kernel... but it's NOT
>the kernel's job to do this; it really is a firmware bug if the BIOS
>isn't doing this.

The stuff I've read in the PCI 2.1 spec almost seems to indicate that
it's not required.  It seems like most PC BIOSes you buy on computers
today by default don't configure non-boot devices, so we might want
to seriously think about dealing with this.

--Ken