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Remove any mention of PCI support relating to userconfig.

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Remove the comment about Mylex RAID controllers, as this has been fixed.

Approved by:	jkh (partly)
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Mike Smith 2000-03-09 01:29:42 +00:00
parent 99f0866f12
commit 35dcdb0d72
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00 
svn path=/head/; revision=57837
2 changed files with 5 additions and 15 deletions
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release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT
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@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ of these devices can be difficult to detect accurately, and for some,
the process of detecting another can cause irreversible confusion.
To make this process easier, FreeBSD provides UserConfig. With this
UserConfig, the user can configure and disable device drivers before
tool the user can configure and disable device drivers before
the kernel is loaded, avoiding potential conflicts, and eliminating
the need to reconfigure hardware to suit the default driver settings.
@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ Here is a sample UserConfig screen shot in 'visual' mode:
Communications :
Input :
Multimedia :
PCI :
---Parameters-for-device-ed0---------------------------------------------------
Port address : 0x280 Memory address : 0xd8000
@ -250,9 +250,7 @@ To finish configuring a driver, press 'Q'.
Note that PCI, Microchannel and EISA devices can be probed reliably,
therefore they are not shown in the table above nor can their settings
be changed using UserConfig. PCI drivers may be seen in the "PCI
Devices" section in the Active Devices list, if you wish to check for
their presence.
be changed using UserConfig.
3. LINT - other possible configurations

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release/texts/TROUBLE.TXT
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@ -320,9 +320,8 @@ A: Your machine doesn't like the new i586_copyout and i586_copyin code
Q: I have this CMD640 IDE controller that is said to be broken.
A: Yes, it is. There's a workaround available now and it is enabled
automatically if this chip is used on your system.
For the details refer to the manual page of the disk driver (man 4 wd).
A: Yes, it is. FreeBSD does not support this controller except through
the legacy 'wdc' driver.
Q: On a Compaq Aero notebook, I get the message "No floppy devices found!
@ -384,13 +383,6 @@ A: There is a problem with the onboard Ethernet in the Netfinity 3500
will have to install another Ethernet adapter and avoid attempting
to configure the onboard adapter at any time.
Q: When I install to my Mylex RAID controller and reboot, I get a register
dump, or the system is extremely slow in booting.
A: Due to incompatibilities between the Mylex BIOS and the FreeBSD
bootloader, the Mylex BIOS must be disabled. This means that you
cannot boot from a RAID array at this time.
Q: When I install to my AMI RAID controller and reboot, the kernel
cannot mount root, even though the AMI controller was detected.