Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 22:04:26 +0200 From: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.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: <19970719220426.30355@gtn.com> In-Reply-To: <199707191310.GAA18559@implode.root.com>; from David Greenman on Sat, Jul 19, 1997 at 06:10:40AM -0700 References: <199707191221.FAA23412@freefall.freebsd.org> <199707191310.GAA18559@implode.root.com>
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On Sat, Jul 19, 1997 at 06:10:40AM -0700, David Greenman wrote:
> >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.
But what's in todays computing environment the most case ?!
If people do have LPT2: or a soundcard, then IRQ 5 isn't free.
I can't remember any personal configuration nor in our company,
where we used IRQ 5 for network cards.
I think Jordans changes do reflect todays situation best.
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