Subject: Re: offtopic: what "PNP OS" in BIOS option is doing?
To: NetBSD/i386 Discussion List <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Jared D. McNeill <jmcneill@invisible.yi.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 07/14/2001 15:27:20
On Sat, 14 Jul 2001, Greg A. Woods wrote:
> [ On Saturday, July 14, 2001 at 16:32:49 (+0200), Wojciech Puchar wrote: ]
> > Subject: offtopic: what "PNP OS" in BIOS option is doing?
> >
> > when set to no, my isapnp soundblaster works good in netbsd
> > with yes it is detected, different interrupt is attached (10 instead of 5)
> > and does not work.
>
> Same with my 3c905 card (ep driver)....

"Me too". A Crystal Sound CS4235 (brand name: Acer AW37, wss driver), and
a few 3Com 3C509Bs (ep driver).

IIRC, "PNP OS = Yes" is a hack for Windows 95 (I've actually seen some
BIOSs refer to it as "Running Windows 95" instead of "PNP OS").

Jared