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From: Panagiotis Astithas <past@netmode.ntua.gr>
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Subject: Re: 4.2-BETA hangs on boot
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On Thu, Nov 16, 2000 at 08:43:44PM -0600, Steve Price wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 01:09:07PM +1100, Mark.Andrews@nominum.com wrote:
> # 
> # 	On my 3800 I had to give pcic0 an irq (10).
> 
> Yep, that did it.  Since Dell laptops are so commonplace it
> would be nice get this fixed in the GENERIC before the release
> goes out.  I'm sure there is a more appropriate fix, but the
> following patch worked for me.
> 
> -steve

OTOH most laptops today have so many accessories that irqs are a very 
scarce resource. It seems that usually some other device needs irq 10.
That's why the change was made in the first place.

-past


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