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From: michael butler <imb@scgt.oz.au>
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Subject: Re: Adaptec 2842 driver
To: gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org (Justin T. Gibbs)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 05:45:13 +1100 (EST)
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In-Reply-To: <199601161607.IAA22696@freefall.freebsd.org> from "Justin T. Gibbs" at Jan 16, 96 08:07:30 am
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Justin T. Gibbs writes:

> >I have a couple of problems with this $#@& machine running a 2842.

> >On start-up, it complains bitterly about too many IRQ 7s .. 
 
> That has nothing to do with the 2842.  It means that you have some
> card configured to the wrong IRQ or a card that is generating interrupts
> but doesn't have a driver assigned to it.

I only happened to notice it with -stable, prior to that the machine had
been running 2.1-release without tagged-queueing. It's been running the same
hardware since I received the 2.0.5 CD.

However, I dismantled it this evening and the "stray irq 7" and spontaneous
reboot problems went away as soon as I replaced the EtherLink III with a
cruddy 8-bit WD8003-EBT. Given that the 3Com card was working fine until
just recently (within the last week or so), I suspect that some software
change has invited the instability :-(

	michael