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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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Subject: Re: Installation
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        joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
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>Why on earth is there a vector keyword in the first place?  Why isn't the
>interrupt picked up from the driver like all the other entry points?

Why not?  It's more flexible.  smm/02.config says that the vector "must
be given explicitly" but doesn't say why.  I got tired of the modularity
problems that it causes and will be nuking it soon.

Bruce