On Sat, 7 Jun 1997, Mike Long wrote:

> >Date: Sat, 7 Jun 1997 00:51:52 +1000 (EST)
> >From: Joel Reicher <void@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au>
> >
> >Firstly - Not that it matters, but why does the npx driver seem to be the 
> >only one that doesn't print out its IRQ on initialisation?
> 
> Probably because it doesn't use one, and sets its irq to IRQUNK during
> autoconfig.  On my system I get:
> 
> npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0-0xff: using exception 16
> 

I must admit I was expecting it to be something like this. :) Why is the 
GENERIC kernel config line this then:

npx0  at isa? port 0xf0 irq 13   # math coprocessor

Is it just in case the coprocessor is a weitek, or some other chip 
external to the CPU?

	- Joel