Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 15:50:51 +1030 (CST) From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PCI IRQ mappings Message-ID: <XFMail.981221155051.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199812210511.VAA49211@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On 21-Dec-98 Mike Smith wrote: > > so the only way to change IRQ's is to shuffle cards in the machine. Is > > there a better way? :) > Can you define "broken" in a useful fashion? Doesn't work/crashes machine. The network cards don't appear to like sharing IRQ's :( (Although its a little hard to say what causes it) > Windows 9[58] take it upon themselves to manage resource allocation, > and they do this using int 1a functions 0xb10e and 0xb10f (get IRQ > routing information, set PCI IRQ). You also have to update the config > register on the PCI device. I see.. I thought it was device independat (ie based on the PCI chipset) This is a VM86 thing then? :) --- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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