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Date:      Thu, 27 Jul 1995 22:28:46 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Robin Cutshaw <robin@intercore.com>
To:        tom@uniserve.com (Tom Samplonius)
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SMC Ultra interrupt problem
Message-ID:  <199507280228.WAA00588@intercore.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950727150528.8820A-100000@haven.uniserve.com> from "Tom Samplonius" at Jul 27, 95 03:06:25 pm

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> On Thu, 27 Jul 1995, Robin Cutshaw wrote:
> 
> > I just tried to boot/install from the 2.0.5-950622-SNAP distribution and
> > there is a problem with the interrupt probe for the SMC Ultra isa card.
> > I've got the interrupt set to 7 (no LPT1 there) and the driver reports 5.
> > I then reports spurrious int 7's.
> > 
> > The interrupt is at 7 because I ran out of the other interrupts.
> 
>   If you want to use your SMC at irq 7, you must tell FreeBSD too.  Type 
> "-c" at the boot prompt and change the irq for the appropiated edX device.
> 
> Tom
> 

But why would it use irq 5?  This seems like a bug to me.

FWIW, linux used irq 7 with no mods...

robin



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