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Date:      Fri, 03 Oct 1997 01:46:03 +0930
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com>
Cc:        mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: problems with PCMCIA cards 
Message-ID:  <199710021616.BAA00961@word.smith.net.au>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 02 Oct 1997 11:12:25 EST." <199710021612.LAA10085@horton.iaces.com> 

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> In a previous message, Mike Smith said:
> > Alright, we're getting somewhere.  The stray irq 11 implies that 11 may 
> > be a bad choice for your system.  Check your hardware documentation and 
> > make sure that 11 isn't used by the onboard sound system, or the PCI 
> > bus (eg. in my Toshiba IRQ 11 is assigned for internal PCI peripherals).
> 
> Hmm. Ok. I wasn't allowed any documentation for the machine. I'm not sure
> why. Corporate people are trying to support it on NT. I'll see what I
> can dig up.

What?!  No documentation?  What sort of stupid joke is this?  

OK.  Do I recall correctly that it's an HP?  See if they publish that 
sort of detail on the web, or alternatively just go poking.

> IRQ 5 is used by the SB-Pro compatiable thing. I've got OSS running it
> nicely. Maybe IRQ 7

Hmm.  Try 9 before 7; 7 is the 'stray IRQ' vector as well as having 
your parallel port on it.

mike





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