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Subject: Re: NIC + PCI IRQ assignment
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 10:43:12 -0400
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Also, you might want to shuffle your PCI cards around and frob various bios
settings to get the realtek card to use a different IRQ.  That seems to work
for me sometimes.

Yes, I realize when I say things like "seems to work for me sometimes" it
means I don't know enough about something I probably should.

Anyone have an references/explanations for:

1) How do PCI cards get assigned IRQ's?  What is the process?
2) What will happen if two PCI devices get assigned the same IRQ?  Is it a
problem with well designed and well behaved devices?
3) What does telling the BIOS "Plug and Play OS Installed: Yes" really do?

I have been using PC hardware for many years, but with no formal
training/training I have some gaps that I would like to work on.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Gleason" <clash@fireduck.com>
To: <OpsyDopsy@netcabo.pt>; <hardware@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 10:31
Subject: Re: NIC


> I always like intel ether express pro (fxp driver) or 3com 3c905 (xl
> driver).
>
> I used to have lots of problems with realteks under FreeBSD, but since
Bill
> Paul is the man, I haven't had any problems with recent versions of
FreeBSD.
> What version are you running?
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joćo Fernandes" <OpsyDopsy@netcabo.pt>
> To: <hardware@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 08:01
> Subject: NIC
>
>
> > Hey, I've given up on my Realtek 8139 working on FBSD, so could anyone
> sugest a good well suported NIC?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > JF
> >
> >
> >
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