Subject: Re: HP PC LAN (AMD 79C960 LANCE) NIC
To: dkwok <dkwok@iware.com.au>
From: Nathan J. Williams <nathanw@MIT.EDU>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/12/2001 14:22:54 
"dkwok" <dkwok@iware.com.au> writes:

> The irq and drq were all invented. I did not what to use. So I have to check
> irq and drq by trial and error. Would the system detect by putting "?" on
> the kernel conf file?

No, it wouldn't. For ISA devices like the NE2000 chips, the kernel can
tell if it's using the right I/O address, but not whether the IRQ and
DRQ are correct. Experiment!

        - Nathan