Re: 2.4.0-test11-pre7: isapnp hang

[Alan Cox]

> Try reserving ports 0x300-0x31f on the kernel command line
> ("reserve=0x300,0x20").
> 
> I'm surprised isapnp uses a port in such a commonly used range,
> though.

It seems to be a combination of two bugs. The one I posted a patch for and
something odd that is taking port 0x279 before the pnp probe is run, which
suggests a link order issue. Although in truth _nobody_ should be claing
that anyway