From: Dave Wreski <dave@nic.com>
To: linux-sound@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: AWE64 initial questions
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 14:16:37 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-sound-90552440117111@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-linux-sound-90515879913606@msgid-missing>
> What's wrong with isapnptools? Works fine for me. Setting up /etc/isapnp.conf
> is a bit harder than letting Windows do it for you, but Linux is general
> requires more intelligence than 95/98 at present. As a result, you get
> more flexibility; isapnp doesn't care where you stick your hardware, while
> Windows will do everything it can to stop you manually allocating machine
> resources.
There's nothing wrong with isapnptools, necessarily. It would just be
nice if first it was easy to do, then it was very customizable. While
we're boasting about how configurable it is to use, the idiot windows
users are listing to the latest Pearl Jam, and playing Quake.
> To me, Linux uses isapnp just like software setup of ethernet cards; it
> lets me pick where to put hardware without changing jumpers, rather than
> allocating it where it THINKS it fits.
Well, I also agree here, but if we keep demanding this, it could later
provide unecessary constraints on PC vendors, requring they ship a machine
with a jumper-based board. (Among other problems, I'm sure...)
Dave
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1998-09-11 14:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-09-07 3:18 AWE64 initial questions Dave Wreski
1998-09-08 20:06 ` Emil Stephan
1998-09-09 5:02 ` Dave Wreski
1998-09-09 14:39 ` Maddog Abel
1998-09-09 15:03 ` Juan Lupion
1998-09-09 19:40 ` Emil Stephan
1998-09-09 20:03 ` Dave Wreski
1998-09-09 21:03 ` Bill Nottingham
1998-09-09 22:13 ` Dan Hollis
1998-09-10 3:10 ` Dave Wreski
1998-09-10 16:23 ` Juan Lupion
1998-09-10 22:51 ` Dave Wreski
1998-09-10 23:22 ` Dan Hollis
1998-09-11 9:29 ` Hamish Moffatt
1998-09-11 9:31 ` Hamish Moffatt
1998-09-11 14:16 ` Dave Wreski [this message]
1998-09-11 18:59 ` Adam Wiggins
1998-09-12 10:11 ` Hamish Moffatt
1998-09-12 19:54 ` rtlynch
1998-09-13 0:51 ` Dave Wreski
1998-09-13 2:04 ` Jim
1998-09-13 2:11 ` llornkcor
1998-09-14 18:51 ` Adam Wiggins
1998-09-14 20:09 ` Dave Wreski
1998-09-15 15:14 ` rtlynch
1998-09-16 1:39 ` Bill Nottingham
1998-09-19 12:59 ` Hamish Moffatt
1998-09-19 13:01 ` Hamish Moffatt
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