Messages in this thread | | | From | (Andrew Walker) | Subject | Re: [2.1.65] New patch for serial port IRQ setup. | Date | Mon, 24 Nov 1997 09:03:11 +0100 (MET) |
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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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