Subject: Re: i386 ex0
To: Ken Hornstein <kenh@cmf.nrl.navy.mil>
From: Lennart Augustsson <lennart@augustsson.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 06/02/1999 21:39:42
Ken Hornstein wrote:

> > > >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.

Furthermore, the CardBus configuration code is similar to the PCI
configuration code and we will need CardBus configuration.


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        -- Lennart