Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 20:53:15 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: device ed (PCI) on alphas Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005222052180.73457-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <20000522120120.C809@cichlids.cichlids.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Mon, 22 May 2000, Alexander Langer wrote: > Thus spake Doug Rabson (dfr@nlsystems.com): > > > Just after sending the last reply I realised that this is a PCI ed device > > which changes things. Often alphas have two different interrupt numbering > > systems, one for PCI and one for ISA so if a PCI device appears to have > > the same irq as an ISA device, there probably is no conflict. > > I don't know what is the real problem with your NIC though, sorry. > > Hmm. I changed the hardware-slots and then the NIC hat IRQ 0 and IRQ > 1. Its actually quite reasonable to have IRQ 0 or IRQ 1 for PCI devices on an alpha. As I tried to explain, they are allocated completely differently from typical x86 machines. > > That definitely seems not good, so I replaced the PCI NICH with an old > ISA ed-board, and will port the driver today. Cool. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 20 8442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.4.21.0005222052180.73457-100000>