Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 08:34:50 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: dg@root.com Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.ORG>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I am contemplating the following change... Message-ID: <21008.869326490@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 19 Jul 1997 06:10:40 PDT." <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 far more common in the 8 bit cards, yes. I would, however,
hypothesize that the 16 bit cards have now (or will very shortly)
outnumber the legacy equipment. I do know that I've certainly
received a considerable amount of negative feedback over the choice of
5 ("5?! Who uses that anymore? 10! The default value should be
10! What are you guys thinking?!") :-)
How does the "user base" feel about this?
Jordan
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