From owner-freebsd-current Sat Jul 19 06:08:39 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA25000 for current-outgoing; Sat, 19 Jul 1997 06:08:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from implode.root.com (implode.root.com [198.145.90.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA24987; Sat, 19 Jul 1997 06:08:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA18559; Sat, 19 Jul 1997 06:10:40 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199707191310.GAA18559@implode.root.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I am contemplating the following change... In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 19 Jul 1997 05:21:56 PDT." <199707191221.FAA23412@freefall.freebsd.org> From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 06:10:40 -0700 Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >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