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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: freebsd-hackers@freefall.freebsd.org, mango@staff.communique.net
Subject: Re: kernel optimization and PCI ...
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>My system has two serial ports, using IRQ 3 and 4.
>I do not need those ports at all.
>
>I would like to set the system so that the PCI cards (adaptec 2940 -
>ahc0) and the SMC ethernet card (de0) would use those IRQs.  Is this
>possible?

Don't know.

>Otherwise, what are the requirment/conditions that would allowed me to
>set # AUTO_EOI_2 on the kernel in a safe way ?

Hardware that supports it.  I think most does.

Bruce