> Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 20:08:35 +0100 > From: Tijl Coosemans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 17:58:26 +0100 (MET), Helge Oldach wrote: > > > So yes: some machines require a kernel with PNPBIOS even when sound > > modules can be kldload'ed. I presume these are typically boxen without > > knob to disable the PnP BIOS. > > > > Still I wonder whether sound on -CURRENT will do on such a box... > > I have an old toshiba which also needs PNPBIOS in 4-STABLE and > when I tried 5-CURRENT sound just worked. Of course that doesn't say > anything about your setup...
That is almost certainly because of ACPI. It handles peripheral devices quite differently from the former mode and, if it works at all on a given system, should eliminate this Plug-n-Play mess when 5 goes STABLE! _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
