Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 21 Mar 1998 17:39:06 -0500 (EST) | From | yuri mironoff <> | Subject | Re: IRQ sharing. |
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Thank you for the info. The Advansys driver seems to be sharing just fine - I just don't like to idea (of sharing). :)
Regards,
Y.
On Fri, 20 Mar 1998, Stephen Williams wrote:
> > yuri@nycny.bdm.com said: > > I just got an Advansys ABP-980U SCSI controller. The thing uses 4 IRQs > > (its basically 4 controllers on one card with a PCI bridge chip). > > Here's the problem - although I have 6 IRQs free - both the VGA board > > and the Intel Etherexpress 100 insist on sharing IRQs with the > > Advansys card. (Or is it the other way around) I've tried resetting > > BIOS, CMOS, you name it. > > PCI device drivers must be prepared to share IRQs with other devices. If > it cannot, it is broken. You may never get it working. > > ISE device drivers, on the otherhand, typically do not support such things. > What you should do is note the IRQs used by the ISA devices, then go into > the BIOS configuration and set those IRQs to "ISA Reserved" or some such. > How this is done depends on your BIOS. > > -- > Steve Williams "The woods are lovely, dark and deep. > steve@icarus.com But I have promises to keep, > steve@picturel.com and lines to code before I sleep, > http://www.picturel.com And lines to code before I sleep." > > >
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