Subject: Re: PNPBIOS broken after last major rototill?
To: Rafal Boni <rafal@mediaone.net>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 10/20/2000 16:23:15
What happens if you boot NetBSD with an external mouse attached?
David/absolute
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On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, Rafal Boni wrote:
> In message <Pine.NEB.4.29.99999.0010200951080.287-100000@localhost>,
> David wrote:
>
> [...my Gateway spontenously rebooting while querying PNPBIOS for index 14...]
>
> -> Just curiuos, what is at index 14 - does the DOS PNPBIOS query
> -> tool report anything?
>
> According to the official PNP-id assignments from MS, it's the "PS/2 port
> for PS/2 mice". Here's the output from the DOS program:
>
> --rafal
>
> == Pnp Function 01h, Get Device Node 14, Current Settings ==
> Return Code 00h: Success.
> Next node = 15.
>
> Node #14
> Length : 18
> ID : PNP0F13
> Type Codes : 09h 02h 00h
> Attribute : 0003h
> Allocated:
> End Tag:
> Checksum - 00h
> Possibles:
> End Tag:
> Checksum - 00h
> Compatible Ids:
> End Tag:
> Checksum - 00h
>
> Binary Output:
> 0000h : 12 00 0E 41 D0 0F 13 09-02 00 03 00 79 00 79 00
> 0010h : 79 00 -
>
> ----
> Rafal Boni rafal@mediaone.net
>