Re: [2.1.65] New patch for serial port IRQ setup.

Andrew Walker (andy@lysaker.kvaerner.no)
Mon, 24 Nov 1997 09:03:11 +0100 (MET)

Niels Kristian Bech Jensen wrote:
>
> I've been made aware that some manufacturers of internal modems recommend
> using irq 2 for COM 4, while other recommende using irq 9. I've made this
> a configuration option.

Huh? IRQ 2 and 9 are the same thing aren't they? That's the cascade
interrupt - a relic from the move from PC XT to AT when they went
from 8 to 16 (Wow!) hardware interrupts.

So I can't see that this patch is necessary - maybe I'm just being dense
though.

-Andy

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