/boot/device.hints only work for some devices in FreeBSD 6.2?

2007-07-05 Thread Zhang Weiwu
Dear list I followed documents I found on the Internet which says by editing /boot/device.hints I can assign IRQ or disable devices, and I tried to do so, modification in /boot/device.hint do have effect over some device, for example: hint.fdc.0.disable=1 but some seetings do not have effect,

Re: /boot/device.hints only work for some devices in FreeBSD 6.2?

2007-07-05 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Zhang Weiwu [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Where can I get knowledge of how device.hints works? e.g. maybe it can only work with device that is not managed by a PNP BIOS or maybe it only manage ISA devices but not PCI devices? It sounds like you haven't read man device.hints. That is a good place

Re: /boot/device.hints only work for some devices in FreeBSD 6.2?

2007-07-05 Thread Zhang Weiwu
在 2007-07-05四的 09:19 -0400,Lowell Gilbert写道: Zhang Weiwu [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Where can I get knowledge of how device.hints works? e.g. maybe it can only work with device that is not managed by a PNP BIOS or maybe it only manage ISA devices but not PCI devices? It sounds like you