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Subject: visual mode in kernel -c too restrictive
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>Number:         860
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       visual mode in kernel -c is too restrictive
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    msmith
>State:          closed
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Dec  2 03:50:06 PST 1995
>Closed-Date:    Mon Dec 16 22:59:24 PST 1996
>Last-Modified:  Mon Dec 16 23:01:25 PST 1996
>Originator:     Satoshi Asami
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.1-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
University of California
>Environment:

	2.1R, GENERIC kernel

>Description:

	I tried to change the port address of my lance ethernet (AMD
	on-board PCI) to 0xffe0, but the "vi" mode didn't let me do that.
	The non-visual mode doesn't complain about it, and the machine
	works fine with that address, so the port should be valid.

>How-To-Repeat:

	Go to the lnc0 line (for example) in userconfig, and try to
	change the port number to something beyond the ISA I/O range.

>Fix:
	
	Remove whatever sanity check Jordan put in? :)

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->jkh 
Responsible-Changed-By: pst 
Responsible-Changed-When: Wed Feb 7 16:51:56 PST 1996 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
Responsible-Changed-From-To: jkh->msmith 
Responsible-Changed-By: jkh 
Responsible-Changed-When: Wed May 8 02:21:25 PDT 1996 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
This is Mike's baby. 
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: msmith 
State-Changed-When: Mon Dec 16 22:59:24 PST 1996 
State-Changed-Why:  
Increased the (arbitrary) limit of 0x2000 to 0xffff (x86 architecture limit AFAIK). 

>Unformatted:
