Subject: Re: PCIC interrupt selection
To: Bill Studenmund <skippy@macro.stanford.edu>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 08/10/1998 14:17:36
Bill Studenmund writes:
> On Mon, 10 Aug 1998, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> > Right now they have no tool to boot up at all. The sysctl will at
> > least get them part way.
> 
> I'm confused. sysctl's can't get run until autoconfig is done, and we
> would need this info (interupts to use/not use) before autoconfig. How
> would they help?

The PCMCIA code does not allocate an interrupt for the ethernet cards
until they are ifconfig'ed. A sysctl can get to them first.

Perry