Re: Some ne2000 cards do I/O at port 0x220

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Bill Sneed wrote:
> 
> Tim Freeman wrote:
> >
> >>
> > Conclusion: if the goal is to support as many cards out-of-the-box as
> > possible, then adding 0x220 to the port list for the ne.c driver would
> > move towards the goal as long as probing that port doesn't break
> > something else.
> 
> Isn't 0x220 a SoundBlaster default ????

Sounds right (no pun intended).

There is and always has been some potential to probe I/O addresses
that aren't used for the driver's device(s) when searching for
ISA adapters, and there is some risk that doing so might
hang or reset or corrupt something.

~Randy
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