From owner-freebsd-current Thu Oct 10 02:53:43 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id CAA05280 for current-outgoing; Thu, 10 Oct 1996 02:53:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id CAA05266 for ; Thu, 10 Oct 1996 02:53:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id TAA18669; Thu, 10 Oct 1996 19:22:33 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199610100952.TAA18669@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: 961006-SNAP comments To: pallenby@mikom.csir.co.za (Paul Allenby) Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 19:22:32 +0930 (CST) Cc: current@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199610100915.LAA17791@zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za> from "Paul Allenby" at Oct 10, 96 11:15:19 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Paul Allenby stands accused of saying: > > When I installed the 961006-SNAP and was in the config editor, > I tried to set the irq of the ed0 device to -1 as I was not > sure of the cards interrupt. It appears that only the values > 1...15 are accepted ( '?' didn't work either.) > Is this what was intended? If you mean the visual mode, yes. The 'ed' driver needs a legal IRQ value except in a few exceptional cases. Most drivers that know how to detect the IRQ of their hardware don't allow the value to be changed at all. > Paul -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[