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.

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