On Mon, 10 Aug 1998 14:12:41 -0400 
 Ken Hornstein <kenh@cmf.nrl.navy.mil> wrote:

 > For PCMCIA network cards, the IRQ isn't allocated until the first time
 > you ifconfig the interface up.

But that is not the case of all PCMCIA devices, so a sysctl is NOT
a general solution.

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