Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 06:10:40 -0700 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I am contemplating the following change... Message-ID: <199707191310.GAA18559@implode.root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 19 Jul 1997 05:21:56 PDT." <199707191221.FAA23412@freefall.freebsd.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
>Rationale: > > 1. With the advent of visual userconfig, we don't need redundant > devices (remember: the goal here is installation, not every > possible router/www server/etc configuration). > > 2. I think that the historical IRQ value of 5 for ed0 is > more historical than valuable. :-) > >Comments? irq 5 is used because it is the standard for all 8bit Western Digital 8003 cards and all 3Com 3c503 boards. I think it might even be the standard for Novell NE1000/NE2000 cards. In other words, it's far more common than irq 10 which is only found on 16bit WD/SMC cards. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199707191310.GAA18559>