But not only do we need to set allowable irq's but also 
allowable ports.  The 560X enables a parallel port at 0x3bc,
which makes the next allocation request (for ether in my case)
get 0x3cc.  This is where the neomagic chip lives -- TILT!

Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov> writes:

> On Mon, 10 Aug 1998 11:23:09 -0400 
>  "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com> wrote:
> 
>  > Well, we need a solution here. We've been dilly-dallying about it for
>  > the last year. Maybe the sysctl solution isn't perfect, but it will at
>  > least help people doing installs get their ethernet cards up far
>  > enough that they can install their laptops and get to the point where
>  > they can build a custom kernel. We can tell them to keep the SCSI
>  > cards out while they do that.
>  > 
>  > Right now they have no tool to boot up at all. The sysctl will at
>  > least get them part way.
> 
> Maybe someone should make the necessary changes to config(8) so that
> a reasonable boot-time user interface for enabling/disabling/changing
> device configuration could be done.
> 
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