Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 20:03:04 -0500 From: Matt Penna <mdp1261@ritvax.isc.rit.edu> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Cc: Mike Walsh <mike.walsh@timestar.com> Subject: Re: two network cards, IRQ's Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20020123195529.03ba20d0@vmspop.isc.rit.edu> In-Reply-To: <DMEOKEJFJCJGFEEIJODCOEEACAAA.mike.walsh@timestar.com>
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At 06:52 PM 1/23/02 -0500, Mike Walsh wrote:
>hey there,
>
>i'm trying to build a machine with two network cards on it so it can be a
>VPN server. i'm building it with FreeBSD version 4.4, and everything seems
>to be going fine except when it comes to configuring these two network
>cards. i've been reading the documentation as well as the web and i can't
>find anything on this particular topic. maybe someone over there can help
>me out.
>
>here are my two cards, in terms of how FreeBSD views them.
>
> Device Port IRQ DRQ IOMem Description
> dc0 n/a n/a n/a n/a DEC/Intel 21143 cards and workalikes
> fxp0 dyn dyn n/a dyn Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B and Intel
> PRO/100+ Management Adapter
>
>they both want an IRQ of 9. i thought of directly putting the IRQ in the
>config file and making a new kernel, but it doesn't seem to apply.
Mike,
These are both PCI cards, are they not?
PCI devices sharing IRQ's is no problem - the PCI bus was designed with
that in mind. I've had 3 devices share a single IRQ before with no trouble
at all.
For the record, the only time I ever encountered an issue with IRQ sharing
was with a USB HP scanner that - according to HP's documentation - didn't
always work unless the USB controller had its own IRQ, but that was under
Windows 98.
Maybe I misunderstood your question, so let's back up - you posted here, so
I assume the cards are not working for you. What's happening, exactly?
Matt
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