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Date:      Sat, 19 May 2001 12:02:55 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: GENERIC kernel hangs at boot (uhci-related) 
Message-ID:  <200105191902.f4JJ2tK01471@mass.dis.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 19 May 2001 11:44:32 PDT." <200105191844.f4JIiW798267@vashon.polstra.com> 

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> In article <200105191845.f4JIj0K01284@mass.dis.org>,
> Mike Smith  <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote:
> =

> > You're not tying up an interrupt; PCI interrupts are shared.  With th=
e =

> > new PCI code, even if you turn it off, we'll just turn it right back =
on =

> > again. 8)
> =

> But if IRQ 5 is assigned to the uhci device, then it's not available
> for use by an ISA device, is it?  Or am I all mixed up?

If you're using IRQ 5 for an ISA device, the BIOS will give the PCI =

controller another IRQ (as long as you've told it this). =


> > The problem appears to be a bug in the UHCI driver.
> =

> Could be, and I certainly don't know much about this code.  But
> it seems like the driver is being given reason to assume it has a
> working device when it doesn't really have one.  I assume the device
> is unusable without its interrupt, so shouldn't it fail at probe or
> attach time?

Yes, it should.  It's not bright enough to do that yet.

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