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On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 12:29:37PM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> 
> I'm not sure.  Someone with a bit of experience with the module system
> may be of help here.  If ISA NIC drivers are still unavailable as
> modules, here's how I would write the relevant bit:
>
[...]

In fact with old ISA cards and 4.X, you have to pass some settings to
the card (I/O port, IRQ, etc.), and the easiest way to do it is via the
kernel config line (it's possible to override at boot these settings but
not easy, if my memories are good), so in that case the modules bring
nothing.  To sum up, it may be a good thing to push ISA NIC users to
build a custom kernel to support their cards.  I'd even add does it
worth to talk too much about ISA NICs?

Marc