irq conflict with any pcmcia nic

[Gary Corcoran]

Warner,

> In message: <LAW11-F118ZHtteCScg0001cabf at hotmail.com>
>             "Zhang Weiwu" <weiwuzhang at hotmail.com> writes:
> : pcic0 <02micro 6912 PCI-Cardbus Birdge> irq 6 at device 19.0 on pci0
> : ed0 at port 0x300-0x31f irq 6 slot 0 on pccard0
> 
> irq 6 is bogus.  It conflicts with the floppy drive typically, and it
> is extremely rare that it is usable.  Looks like your BIOS is
> assigning this for you (how helpful).

What about recent notebook PCs (like mine) that have no floppy drive _at all_ ?
Shouldn't IRQ 6 be free then?   Just curious...

Gary