Jason Thorpe writes:
> 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.

No one has a general solution. The sysctl will take ten minutes, and
will let people install their machines. When a general solution
appears, we can dump it.

(I've been waiting to hear of a general solution for many months,
btw. No one has stated one.)

Perry