>The ESP uses two I/O ranges.  One is mapped to one of the usual COMx:
>ranges, and looks like a 16550A.  The other is mapped elsewhere, and
>controls ESP-specific features.  The com driver probes for ESP cards
>by looking for the ESP-specific I/O range at a few fixed locations;

This is a detail that is often lost on people configuring an ESP card
for the first time.  Read this again if you're setting up a new ESP
and are confused.

>those locations are contained in an array (I forget the name)
>somewhere in com.c.  If your ESP card is set up such that its
>ESP-specific I/O range is located somewhere other than the com driver
>looks for it, then the com driver will think that it's a regular
>16550A.  UTSL to find the specific locations.

My memory may be failing me, but I don't think it's possible to set
the ESP address to anything other than the four in that array.

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