From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 12 11:17:31 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FA9C37B401 for ; Sun, 12 Jan 2003 11:17:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from nemesis.systems.pipex.net (nemesis.systems.pipex.net [62.241.160.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21BA943F5F for ; Sun, 12 Jan 2003 11:17:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from stacey@vickiandstacey.com) Received: from [192.168.1.8] (81-86-129-77.dsl.pipex.com [81.86.129.77]) by nemesis.systems.pipex.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45C9C16007FB0; Sun, 12 Jan 2003 19:17:22 +0000 (GMT) Subject: Re: irq conflict after installkernel From: Stacey Roberts Reply-To: stacey@vickiandstacey.com To: freebsd@beke.sk Cc: FreeBSD Questions In-Reply-To: <20030112140809.GA377@bsd.beke.doma> References: <20030112140809.GA377@bsd.beke.doma> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1042399044.51041.309.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.0 Date: 12 Jan 2003 19:17:25 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, On Sun, 2003-01-12 at 14:08, Stefan 'i4o' Beke wrote: > After updating my FreeBSD 4.7 stable I can't use 2nd network card. It > was possible before update. KERNCONF is the same. > > >dmesg | grep ep0 > > ep0: <3Com 3C509-TPC EtherLink III> at port 0x300-0x30f irq 7 on isa0 > ep0: No irq?! > ep0: ep_alloc() failed! (6) > device_probe_and_attach: ep0 attach returned 6 > > Irq 7 is already taken by > ppc0: at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0 > > So I booted old kernel: > there were also 2 isa devices on the same irq, bud ep0 was first > and ppc0 didn't complain > > > I'd like to use both network cards, as you probably guessed. > How would you, Mr. WhoCanHelp, solve this unpleasant situation? You might want to check a couple of things: 1] Make sure that P'nP OS option in the BIOS is not enabled. 2] Move the offending nic to another slot 3] Use the 3Com utility to disable P'nP mode on the nics and set unique, fixed IRQ & IO port for both cards Hope this helps. Regards, Stacey -- Stacey Roberts B.Sc (HONS) Computer Science Web: www.vickiandstacey.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message