>On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 04:28:24PM +0200, Peter. Bex wrote:
>> com4 at pnpbios0 index 13 (PNP0501)
>
>This reminds me..
>
>Is there a good reason why com[012] in GENERIC can't be com*
>instead? It seems to work fine..

There are some video cards that use the com3 I/O space, and when the
com probe routine tries to probe for com3, the card gets in a mode
where it doesn't display anything (I have one of these cards).  Whether
or not people still consider this a worthwhile concern is up to debate,
of course ... I'm only explaining the original reasoning.

--Ken