Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: IRQ 2,9 | Date | Wed, 12 Feb 1997 11:30:25 +0000 | From | ". Tethys " SYSTEM ADMIN " X" <> |
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>I recently tried to add a new card to my computer, and needed an IRQ... >heres what happened: > >My IRQ's as I remember them: > >0: system thing... timer? >1: keyboard >2: uhhh somthing wierd....videoish >3: Com 2&4 >4: Com 1&3 >5: Lpt 2 >6: system thing... Floppy drive? >7: Lpt 3 >8: clock >9: uhhh somthing wierd...videoish >10: SB16 >11: Net card >12: SCSI card. >13: system thing... fpu error? >14: ide0 >15: ide1
Hmmm. This reminds me. When I wanted to add a network card, I needed to find a free IRQ. I checked /proc/interrupts to see what was being used, but it didn't report all the currently used IRQs. Specifically, it missed out a serial port, parallel port, floppy controller and possibly a few others. I had to resort to MSD to find out what I was using where (and I don't entirely trust MSD anyway).
So, is there a reason why this information is incomplete (as at 2.0.27 on x86 -- I haven't checked since then)?
Tet
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