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dagger wrote:

> I have been told that it is possible to change the IRQ setting of the
> Ethernet card by passing the kernel something macabre at startup, can
> anyone please give me details of how to do this?

    Isn't there a 'setup' program on the disk that came with your NIC (or
from a drivers site like http://www.driverguide.com/drivers.htm ?). This is
what you should use to change the IRQ settings of the card. You pass the
kernel parameters to tell it to look at different places when trying to
detect the cards (mainly usefule for multiple NIC's), not for configuring the
hardware - though it is getting much more PnP, so you may be right!

        Brodo

--
I have a problem with a revolution in that if you have a
revolution, then afterwards you become the establishment.
We should not try to dominate.   --Linus Torvalds

You can pass the module a parameter, telling it that the ethercard is
using a particular irq, other than IRQ3.  Look in the Ethernet and Modules
HOWTOs, under your model ethercard.  But first you have to set up the
ethercard to use that irq, using jumpers or software.  Software usually
comes from the ethercard manufacturer, and usually runs under DOS. 

dagger (dagger@bayside.net) wrote:
: I have a Pentium 90 with 32mb ram and a 510mb hd, and I have only one comm
: port, and the ethernet card is using the same irq setting as the serial
: port (of which i need a mouse to use x-windows with :)

: I have been told that it is possible to change the IRQ setting of the
: Ethernet card by passing the kernel something macabre at startup, can
: anyone please give me details of how to do this?

: Many thanks in advance,

: -- 
: dagger
: <mailto:dagger@bayside.net>
: (Too much blood in my caffeine system...)

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