Re: IRQ conflicts on 3c905c-tx
Bogdan Costescu <[email protected]> Wed, 10 Sep 2003 23:12:13 +0200 (CEST)
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On Wed, 10 Sep 2003, Paul Galbraith wrote: > Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=Linux ro root=7203 pci=biosirq Why is the "pci=biosirq" option there ? While the amount of devices is not uncommon today, you might want to free up some IRQs by disabling in BIOS the devices that you don't use (like one USB port or FireWire) for good or just for testing. You can even go one step further by removing PCI cards... until things start working. Are interrupts shared the same way in Windows ? -- Bogdan Costescu IWR - Interdisziplinaeres Zentrum fuer Wissenschaftliches Rechnen Universitaet Heidelberg, INF 368, D-69120 Heidelberg, GERMANY Telephone: +49 6221 54 8869, Telefax: +49 6221 54 8868 E-mail: [email protected] _______________________________________________ vortex mailing list [email protected] http://www.scyld.com/mailman/listinfo/vortex