Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 10:27:52 -0400 From: "Chuck O'Donnell" <cao@bus.net> To: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steveo@iol.ie> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Purpose of irq's in pcic Message-ID: <19990901102752.E23976@bus.net> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.990901145719.steveo@iol.ie>; from Steve O'Hara-Smith on Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 02:57:19PM %2B0100 References: <19990901094633.B23976@bus.net> <XFMail.990901145719.steveo@iol.ie>
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On Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 02:57:19PM +0100, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > > On 01-Sep-99 Chuck O'Donnell wrote: > > pcic0: <TI PCI-1131 PCI-CardBus Bridge> rev 0x01 int a irq 11 on > > pcic0.3.0 > > pcic1: <TI PCI-1131 PCI-CardBus Bridge> rev 0x01 int b irq 11 on > > pcic0.3.1 > > . > > PC-Card VLSI 82C146 (5 mem & 2 I/O windows) > > pcic: controller irq 10 > > My system is very similar (except that I get irq 9 for the pcic > controller at the end). As I understand it what is happening is that > the PCI based cardbus controller is being hooked up to irq 11 and > not used there, it is used in 82C146 compatability at irq 9. The net > result is a wasted irq. > > I suspect that there is no way round this unless/until the 1131 is > supported directly. I would be delighted to hear otherwise as I have a > severe shortage of irq's on my box and I would love to get irq 11 back. Thanks for the fast reply Steve. That makes sense now. Regards, Chuck > > ---------------------------------- > E-Mail: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steveo@iol.ie> > Date: 01-Sep-99 > Time: 14:53:32 > > This message was sent by XFMail > ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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