I'm not sure if this is a solvable problem.  The generic kernel
thinks I have the following setup:

sb at irq 7
lpt0 at irq 7
pcic0 at irq 5
ep1 at irq 9

With previous custom kernels this was:

sb at irq 5
lpt0 at irq 7
pcic0 at irq 9
ep1 at irq 11

When I boot off the floppy It thinks the setup is:

pcic0 at 5
ep1 at irq 7

no sb or lpt0 configured.

Both the second and third configurations work.

Can something be done to the GENERIC config to make generic
kernels work on my laptop without breaking on other machines?

Chris.