Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Miquel van Smoorenburg) | Subject | Re: XT-PIC vs IO-APIC and PCI devices | Date | Fri, 30 Nov 2001 11:44:28 +0000 (UTC) |
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In article <Pine.LNX.4.33.0111301241410.4564-100000@netfinity.realnet.co.sz>, Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@linux.realnet.co.sz> wrote: > I'm trying to get a PCI device (network) to work on one of my >boxes, and thus far i've only managed to get it to work with "noapic". >Without that kernel option the card stops processing interrupts (as can be >observed in /proc/interrupts) after about ~100 on each CPU. Are there any >things i should look out for when trying to track down the problem? >I've tried swapping the card around in different slots just in case it >was an IRQ routing problem (as suggested by various folks) to no avail. >The box is an IBM Netfinity 3500M20 SMP rig.
What does cat /proc/interrupts say in APIC mode? Perhaps it thinks the device uses edge-triggered interrupts instead of level-triggered ?
Mike. -- "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former" -- Albert Einstein.
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