On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 05:29:59PM +1200, Mark Davies wrote:
> So what exactly is ioapic (there is no manual page)?

An enhanced (compared to original PC/AT) interrupt controller. An ioapic
is necessary for SMP support and should also improve interrupt
distribution on single CPU systems.

> and why would it interfere with bge?

It apparently causes interrupt routing issues. You could try one of
these options:

# PCI fixups, for both PCIBIOS and ACPI
#options        PCI_ADDR_FIXUP          # fixup PCI I/O addresses
#options        PCI_BUS_FIXUP           # fixup PCI bus numbering
#options        PCI_INTR_FIXUP          # fixup PCI interrupt routing

"PCI_INTR_FIXUP" could e.g. solve you problems. Another option is to
update the BIOS of your machine.

	Kind regards

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