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To: Craig Leres <leres@ee.lbl.gov>
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Subject: Re: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.5-RELEASE/HARDWARE.TXT 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 01 Aug 1996 20:35:46 PDT."
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Date: Thu, 01 Aug 1996 20:56:55 -0700
From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>
>> FreeBSD GENERIC kernel:
>>
>>         Port    IRQ     DRQ     IOMem   Description
>>         ----    ---     ---     -----   ---------------------------------
>[...]
>> ep0     300     10      dyn     dyn     3Com 3C509
>
>Since the 3c509 handles dynamic irq assignments and comes with a
>configuration utility, wouldn't it make more sense to allow the irq to
>be dynamic? (You can also get the configuration utility from the 3com
>web site.)

This will most likely be the case in 2.2R.  The driver can already use the
IRQ from the card if you specify '?' for the irq.

>		Craig

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Justin T. Gibbs
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