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Date:      Thu, 10 Oct 1996 19:22:32 +0930 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        pallenby@mikom.csir.co.za (Paul Allenby)
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 961006-SNAP comments
Message-ID:  <199610100952.TAA18669@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <199610100915.LAA17791@zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za> from "Paul Allenby" at Oct 10, 96 11:15:19 am

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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

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