From owner-freebsd-current Mon Aug 17 15:54:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA12066 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 17 Aug 1998 15:54:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from st-lcremean.tidalwave.net (host-e186.tidalwave.net [208.213.203.186] (may be forged)) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA12041 for ; Mon, 17 Aug 1998 15:54:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lee@st-lcremean.tidalwave.net) Received: (from lee@localhost) by st-lcremean.tidalwave.net (8.8.8/8.8.7) id SAA00797; Mon, 17 Aug 1998 18:46:41 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from lee) Message-ID: <19980817184641.A789@st-lcremean.tidalwave.net> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 18:46:41 -0400 From: Lee Cremeans To: Paul van der Zwan Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cards sharing irq's on PCI bus Reply-To: lcremean@tidalwave.net References: <199808171707.DAA18381@godzilla.zeta.org.au> <199808172127.XAA06319@trantor.stuyts.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.1i In-Reply-To: <199808172127.XAA06319@trantor.stuyts.nl>; from Paul van der Zwan on Mon, Aug 17, 1998 at 11:27:38PM +0200 X-OS: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT X-Evil: microsoft.com Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Aug 17, 1998 at 11:27:38PM +0200, Paul van der Zwan wrote: > > >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) > > > > PCI irq sharing is standard in FreeBSD. > > > > Bruce > > > If it is , what might be the cause of the terrible network performance if > the SMC and the 2940 are both on irq 9 ?? > > Paul Have you checked your BIOS to see if PCI interrupts are set to "level" trigger instead of "edge"? You have to have it set to "level" for IRQ sharing to work correctly. -- Lee C. -- Manassas, VA, USA (WakkyMouse on DALnet #watertower) A! JW223 YWD+++^ri P&B++ SL+++^i GDF B&M KK--i MD+++i P++ I++++ Did $++ E5/10/70/3c/73ac/95/96 H2 PonPippi Ay77 M | lcremean@tidalwave.net FreeBSD/Linux/Unix hacker...Win95 and M$ evil! (go see www.freebsd.org) My home page: http://st-lcremean.tidalwave.net/~lee | finger me for geek code To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message