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From: Gary Chrysler <tcg@ime.net>
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Gary Kline wrote:
> 
>         Can anyone help me understand why the following "irq 10"
>         entries are in the GENERIC k-configuration file?  Why
>         these line are there, what they do, and what-if they are
>         replaced...
> 
>         My soundcard is on irq 10 and to avoid the muddling with
>         any conflicts, I have commented out these lines.  Replaced
>         these with my SB. Sunday I attempted to rebuild my 2.1.5
>         kernel without attention to detail, and because of the
>         reorganization, things flopped.

I can't answer em all but I'll answer the ones I can.. :)
BTW: These are listed with comments in conf/LINT

> 
> controller      nca0    at isa? port 0x1f88 bio irq 10 vector ncaintr
>

nca: ProAudioSpectrum cards using the NCR 5380 or Trantor T130

>
> device          mcd0    at isa? port 0x300 bio irq 10 vector mcdintr
>

mcd: Mitsumi CD-ROM

>
> device ep0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 10 vector epintr
>

ep: 3Com 3C509

>
> device ix0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 10 iomem 0xd0000 iosiz 32768 vector ixintr
>

Network interface. ?????

>
> device lnc0 at isa? port 0x280 net irq 10 drq 0 vector lncintr
>

lnc: Lance/PCnet cards (Isolan, Novell NE2100, NE32-VL)

>
> device zp0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 10 iomem 0xd8000 vector zpintr
>

zp: 3Com PCMCIA Etherlink III (It does not require shared memory for
     send/receive operation, but it needs 'iomem' to read/write the
     attribute memory)

If you are not using any of these devices you can remove them all.
None of them are required.

If your still having problems post your whole config file.

-Enjoy
Gary
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