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> well, that's unclear, last i heard linux was the only OS to support shared
> IRQs and i don't even know how well it handled it. (i think it was more of
> a "don't use them at the same time" deal)

FreeBSD supports shared IRQs for PCI just fine. I have a host here with
an Adaptec 2940UW and a ZNYX 4-port Ethernet card on IRQ 10, and two SMC
2-port Ethernet cards sharing IRQ 11. No problem.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no

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