Re: IRQ pileup

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 19:34, Nathan Malmberg wrote:
> Debian Users,
> 
> I sent a similar message a few days back, but I don't believe it was
> ever posted to the list.  A second effort...

I saw it a few days ago, but didn't answer since I don't have a
notebook PC.  However...

> I've been trying to use my PCMCIA wireless network card on my laptop,
> but whenever I insert the card, I get the message:
> 
> orinoco_cs: RequestIRQ: Resource in use
> 
> I think this is probably because of the large number of devices using
> IRQ 10 on my machine:
> 
> cat /proc/interrupts
> 
>            CPU0       
>   0:     533785          XT-PIC  timer
>   1:       3989          XT-PIC  keyboard
>   2:          0          XT-PIC  cascade
>   5:          0          XT-PIC  Maestro3(i)
>   8:          1          XT-PIC  rtc
>  10:      18517          XT-PIC  Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card Cardbus Controller, Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card Cardbus Controller (#2), usb-uhci, eth0
>  14:      26764          XT-PIC  ide0
> NMI:          0 
> ERR:          0
> 
> I'm using a 2.4.21 kernel I compiled myself, but my 2.4.20 kernel
> behaves the same.  I know this card worked once upon a time (I think
> with the 2.4.20).  How can I make the card or the controller use a
> different IRQ?  Is there a manual I should be reading?  Could my problem
> be caused by other software?

Is there something like the BIOS Setup program, that will allow
you to alter the PCI A/B/C/D assignments?

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Ron Johnson, Jr. ron.l.johnson@cox.net
Jefferson, LA USA

Causation does NOT equal correlation !!!!!!!!