Once upon a time, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> said: > ToddAndMargo: > > Just found this on their web site: > > > > "***Don't support CMOS or MS-DOS" > > > > Even if it did not arrive dead, it would have still > > required the OS to boot. Lesson learned. > > From what I'd read, that ought to be the case with any PCI-E based > card. Apparently the slots aren't dealt with early enough (they > certainly can't be if they require drivers). Although that doesn't > make sense with other things - a graphics card can show a pre-boot > screen, for instance (there's obviously some built-in functionality, > even if it's more basic than post-boot). I expect it's that motherboard firmware knows how to activate two kinds of input devices - PS/2 via the emulation of the legacy chips that date back to the 1980s, and USB. A PCIe device is neither of those. It's not just a matter of initializing the device, it has to be recognized and handled by the firmware, and it's such a rare thing, none do. -- Chris Adams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxx> -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
