J. Dow wrote: > > There is nothing wrong with two cards on the same PCI irq. On my machine > >the SCSI > > card and the NIC card are on the same irq. But they must be at different I/O > >buffer > > addresses. > > That is the way it is supposed to work, Aaron. > > Try it some time with a Diamond Viper 550 PCI and a 3C905. I could not > even get through a boot for either NT or Linux when the cards fell into the > same PCI IRQ. I swapped slots for the 3COM card to move its IRQ and it > has worked fine ever since. > > In short there are exceptions to that general rule. It is worthwhile to keep > that in mind when you experience troubles such as Harry is facing. It's not just exceptions -- some PCI cards aren't complaint with the bit of the PCI standard for IRQ sharing. And, I've *never* encountered a manufacturer that will admit that their product will share an IRQ. The first t/s step they recommend is giving it its own IRQ. -W- John Foster Dulles ain't nothin' but the name of an airport now. -- Gil Scott Heron _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
