Subject: Re: two nics at irq10
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Matias Romeo <mromeo@ingdesi.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/09/2002 14:33:02
Thanks for all the answers.

Roin: I have just one PCI slot in my machine ( old hardware )

Wojciech : I will see if my BIOS has that option.

Nathan: I 've succefully booted my pc with only the ISA card ( at irq 10 )

Matias


----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathan J. Williams" <nathanw@wasabisystems.com>
To: "Matias Romeo" <mromeo@ingdesi.net>
Cc: <port-i386@netbsd.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: two nics at irq10


> "Matias Romeo" <mromeo@ingdesi.net> writes:
>
> > I have the following problem. My box has 2 nics , one is PCI and the
other
> > one is ISA .
> >
> > DE-220CT ==> ISA
> > EPIC          ==> PCI
> >
> > When i boot my PC the kernel-debuger shows ( after the kernel recogize
both
> > nics using same interrupt ) saying "cannot share level triggered
interupt
> > with edge triggered interrupt  ... . . ..  ." .
>
> You need to prevent the ISA and PCI devices from sharing an
> interrupt. If you go into the BIOS setup menus when booting your
> system, the BIOS should have a way to specify which interrupts to use
> for PCI. You should make sure that that set does not include the
> interrupt used by your ISA device, apparantly IRQ 10.
>
> > After this message i boot my PC with a DOS-boot floppy and used the
DE-220
> > configuration program to change the interrupt , but i have the same
problem
> > even if i change the interrupt number to 9/5/14/15 etc,etc.
> > The ISA nic is always using interrupt 10.
>
> This seems kind of suspicious, though, if you can't change the IRQ the
> device is using.
>
> How exactly does the DE-220CT probe? Is it possible to take the EPIC
> card out long enough to boot successfully and use the card?
>
>         - Nathan
>