Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 10:22:39 -0600 From: Dan Thill <thill@umr.edu> To: Robert Suetterlin <robert@mpe.mpg.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: System hangup depends on PCI slot used for PromiseU100TX2. Message-ID: <20020111102239.A13610@umr.edu> In-Reply-To: <20020111152709.GF159@robert2.mpe-garching.mpg.de>; from robert@mpe.mpg.de on Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 09:27:09AM -0600 References: <20020111152709.GF159@robert2.mpe-garching.mpg.de>
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> I tried one last thing and plugged the promise controller into > a different PCI slot. Now the machine boots ok. > Can someone please explain this to me? I will try no other > configurations until I know why this happens, but unfortunately the > slot I use now is my 64bit PCI Slot which I wanted to use for a > gigabit NIC... so if possible I would like to reslot the promise > controller. I had this happen while trying to get a NIC and a modem to co-exist. It had to do with the way the BIOS shared IRQs between certain slots. Most BIOS'es also have user-definable IRQ settings for slots. By toying with these, you may get somewhere. -dan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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