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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!pier2.bayarea.net!baygate.bayarea.net!thorpej From: thorpej@baygate.bayarea.net (Jason R. Thorpe) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: PnP cards in netbsd i386? Date: 15 Aug 1996 08:50:26 GMT Organization: George's NetBSD answer man Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4uuoci$9fc@pier2.bayarea.net> References: <4uommm$r5g@future.futureone.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: baygate.bayarea.net Keywords: i386 netbsd pnp sound In article <4uommm$r5g@future.futureone.com>, Charlie Root <root@everest.tandem.com> wrote: >I have a plug and play soundblaster card with a built in IDE interface.. >But like I said, it's pnp, so Im wondering if netbsd can utilize it.. Plug and Play isn't currently supported under NetBSD. There are a good number of sticky issues to deal think about when sanely handling PnP. Keep watching tech-kern@NetBSD.ORG ... I plan on posting the approach I've been working on once I sort out a couple of things... >My other question is this.. if it CAN.. will netbsd detect a third HD >connected via this secondary controller, even though my bios doesnt >support more than 2 hard drives? NetBSD doesn't use the BIOS once the kernel is running. It should work fine once the controller is supported. Ciao. -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@bayarea.net>