Re: shared interrupts

[Oswald Buddenhagen <ob6@inf.tu-dresden.de>]

> The machine in question already has Windows98 and I noticed that it shares
> interrupts between various devices.  Specifically the Ethernet card and
> the on-board sound system as well as at least one other pair.
> 
if your bios setup offers this option, then try to remap some of the irqs.
moving the cards to other slots may help, also.
sometimes a device (driver) needs a non-shared irq, while three other
devices work well on a single shared irq line.
specifically shares between pci and isa devices may cause trouble.

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