Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 17:52:23 -0800 (PST) From: Glendon Gross <gross@clones.com> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why would my IRQs suddenly move? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.20.0101231752080.20349-100000@mail.clones.com> In-Reply-To: <14957.58135.667966.116745@guru.mired.org>
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This sounds like a necessary consequence of the "PCI crapshoot." On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Mike Meyer wrote: > Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> types: > > > After installing a fresh cvsup last Sunday, I find that my usb printer > > > quit working. Some investigation shows that this is because the uhci > > > and fxp are now on the same IRQ. > > Why would this cause your printer to stop working? Have you determined > > that this is actually the case, or did you only just notice that they're > > on the same IRQ? > > I don't know why it would cause the printer to stop working. I didn't > just notice that the IRQs were the same - I checked for it > specifically. What I noticed was that the printer wasn't working, and > lpq showed it as possibly offline. When I first installed the USB > printer, I had the exact same problem - until I changed changed the > hardware config so that the fxp and uhci weren't using the same > IRQ. That's why I checked for this case. > > > > Anyone got a clue as to why the IRQ would change? Is there anything in > > > FreeBSD that could change it? > > Has it actually changed? > > I'm still trying to figure that one out. I haven't been able to get a > config with the fxp and uhci on different IRQs. I've got a doctor's > appointment, after which I'm going to pull the fxp and see how that > goes. > > Thanx, > <mike > -- > Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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