Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 15:32:47 +0200 From: Graham Wheeler <gram@cequrux.com> To: Stefan Esser <se@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PCI Plug 'n' Pray and old BIOSes Message-ID: <d8e79d6a221d1c4bfa1018495014e7b6@cequrux.com> References: <fe7fe58677055b27cc45056533eeb115@cequrux.com> <20000619145016.A2212@StefanEsser.FreeBSD.org>
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Stefan Esser wrote: > > On 2000-06-19 11:05 +0200, Graham Wheeler <gram@cequrux.com> wrote: > > As I was under time pressure, I pulled the card out and put it in a > > different machine, this one a P166 which works fine (with the same IRQ). > > These are the settings: > > > > Slot n IRQ Line (this is the only one I set on my first attempt, to 12) > > Is the PS/2 mouse interface enabled ? It will try to grab IRQ 12, > and may do so in a way that the IRQ can't be delivered from ISA > or PCI slots ... The may be a psm driver in the kernel, but there is no PS/2 mouse device on the motherboard or on any of the cards. > > Perhaps all I need to do is toggle the PnP BIOS setting, but before I > > pull out the screwdrivers and tear the two machines apart again, I'm > > hoping to draw on someone else's experience here. BTW will setting the PnP BIOS to `enabled' have any effect? > Depending on the time when the mainboard was built, this may be a > board that needs jumpers configured accordingly (i.e. you have to > enter the jumper settings in the BIOS, which will put the number > in the appropriate config space register, but interrupt routing is > implemented via jumper fields ...) I'll have to check that; I do still have the mboard manual somewhere. regards gram -- Dr Graham Wheeler E-mail: gram@cequrux.com Director, Research and Development WWW: http://www.cequrux.com CEQURUX Technologies Phone: +27(21)423-6065 Firewalls/VPN Specialists Fax: +27(21)424-3656 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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