The problem being solved is "pcmcia problems" that mean that you can
not load the distribution and build your specialized kernel.

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