I tested the 2.6.27 kernel with the Aplha5 LiveCD today.
Seems like the module smsc_ircc2 doesn't get loaded at system startup anymore. If I try to load it manually (without any module options) it still chooses IRQ 7 which still conflicts with the parallel port.
So the only difference in Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha5 seems to be that the module doesn't get loaded at system startup automatically.
I tested the 2.6.27 kernel with the Aplha5 LiveCD today.
Seems like the module smsc_ircc2 doesn't get loaded at system startup anymore. If I try to load it manually (without any module options) it still chooses IRQ 7 which still conflicts with the parallel port.
So the only difference in Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha5 seems to be that the module doesn't get loaded at system startup automatically.