> have 3com etherlink iii 509b isa card that refuses to let me change > its port or irq. also the only way i can get the card to talk on the > network is to put my usb mouse on the same irq and wiggle it around > really fast when i'm trying to receive or transmit. initially i could > change neither the irq of the usb mouse nor of the ethernet card. i > have turned off pnp in my bios and i can now move the irq of the usb > mouse. however, without the wiggling mouse sharing its irq, the > ethernet card with not work.
maybe this is an isa-specific problem that i refuse to remember, but i think the answer is that rather than changing the irq (i believe this is determed by hard-wiring for the isa bus --- if memory serves), you inform the kernel what the irq is. plan9.ini(8) has more information but i think you wish ether0=type=3C509 irq=12 in your plan9.ini. - erik
