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Date:      Sat, 19 Jul 1997 15:23:20 +0200
From:      sthaug@nethelp.no
To:        dg@root.com
Cc:        jkh@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: I am contemplating the following change... 
Message-ID:  <15909.869318600@verdi.nethelp.no>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 19 Jul 1997 06:10:40 -0700"
References:  <199707191310.GAA18559@implode.root.com>

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>    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.

It's not the default for all NE2000 clones though. I have several Kingston
NE2000 clones where the default IRQ is 3. They work very well (even if I
normally configure them for a different IRQ).

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no



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