Messages in this thread |  | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: 2.4.0-test11-pre7: isapnp hang | Date | 19 Nov 2000 16:32:38 -0800 |
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Followup to: <20001119233450.H20970@redhat.com> By author: Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > Reading from port 0x313 (my ISA NE2000 is at 0x300-0x31f) hangs my > machine dead. Unfortunately, reading from that port is exactly what > the isapnp code does on boot, if compiled into the kernel. > > Is it the network card's fault (probably), or is there a less invasive > probe that isapnp could use (unlikely, I guess)? >
Try reserving ports 0x300-0x31f on the kernel command line ("reserve=0x300,0x20").
I'm surprised isapnp uses a port in such a commonly used range, though.
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