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Date:      Tue, 3 Aug 1999 10:14:42 +1200 (NZST)
From:      Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz>
To:        Paul Lee <donatellol@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to install NIC under FreeBSD 3.2 release
Message-ID:  <Pine.SC5.4.10.9908031011520.631-100000@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz>
In-Reply-To: <19990802062614.65013.qmail@hotmail.com>

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On Sun, 1 Aug 1999, Paul Lee wrote:

> Oh right...
> 
> So, I need to specify NIC's irq then.
> How about IO address? Do I need to specify this in FreeBSD?
> 
> My NICs' IRQ & IO setting
> 
> LinkSys Lan16 : irq=9 io=300
> CNet 650E     : irq=10 io=280
> 
> Where can I configure it (I guess it is /etc/rc.conf)and how? What lines 
> should I add?

During bootup, if you hit the space bar, it is possible to configure
the IRQ/IO settings for each network interface. What I personally do,
however, is to compile a specific kernel with the relevant IRQ/IO for
each ISA card.

Cheers.

Jonathan Chen
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