> 
> On Mon, 7 Sep 1998, Chris Rupnik wrote:
> 
> > Hi
> >  I have an old 486 that i am trying to install NetBSD-1.3.2 on,
> >  the machine has a wd8003E card in it. During the install, no matter
> > what IRQ is jumpered on the card, it is always reported as IRQ 9, and
> > thus does not work (we0 device timeout)
> > 
> >  Is there something that i should be doing differently, besides buying
> > another card?
> 
> Yes, the generic kernel has we0 hardwired to IRQ9. If you can't set the
> card to IRQ 9 for some reason, use IRQ10, port 0x300, iomem 0xcc000. 
> The card will then show up as we1.
> 

If I recall correctly, the wd8003 cards are eight bit.  If that's the
case, the only valid 'default' configuration is as we0.

> 


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