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Date: Sun, 8 Dec 1996 15:38:45 +1100
From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: bugs@freebsd.org, tensbum@cinternet.net
Subject: Re: Installation Bug
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>In 2.1.5, the book says that ed1 cannot be read through software
>configuration.  It must either be hard-coded or a "?" place in the IRQ
>field.  The "Visual" interface never allowed a ? to be entered, but one
>could be entered before going to "visual" with an irq ? ed1 command,
>then switch to visual.  The new 2.1.6 does not appear to let a ? be
>enetered in either mode.

"?" in the interrupt (or almost any other field) means to read the field
from the hardware configuration.  `irq ? ed1' has never been the syntax
for userconfig.  The correct syntax is `irq ed1 <number>' like the help
message says.   <number> -1 means "?".

Bruce