Subject: Re: PnP weirdness
To: Sujal Patel <smpatel@real.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: tech-kern
Date: 07/29/1998 09:06:23
On Wed, 29 Jul 1998 08:16:03 -0700 (PDT)
Sujal Patel <smpatel@real.com> wrote:
> 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.
Unfortunately, I have found that if you set "Plug and Play OS" to TRUE on
some BIOSs, the PCI bus won't be configured! To me, this seems like a
blatant violation of the PCI spec.
Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov
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