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Date:      Wed, 17 Jan 1996 22:57:01 +0200 (EET)
From:      Heikki Suonsivu <hsu@clinet.fi>
To:        se@zpr.uni-koeln.de (Stefan Esser)
Cc:        Heikki Suonsivu <hsu@clinet.fi>, freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SMC etherpower2 and ZNYX 314 (fourport) seem to confuse de
Message-ID:  <199601172057.WAA06363@katiska.clinet.fi>
In-Reply-To: <199601092304.AA16065@Sysiphos>
References:  <hsu@clinet.fi> <199601092304.AA16065@Sysiphos>

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Stefan Esser writes:
 > On Jan 9, 21:56, Heikki Suonsivu wrote:
 > } Subject: SMC etherpower2 and ZNYX 314 (fourport) seem to confuse de
 > } 
 > } Has anyone been able to put SMC etherpower2 (dual port combo ethernet card)
 > } with a ZNYX 314 (four port TP-only) in the same machine?  They seem to be
 > } able to coexist with other pci cards, but hate each other:
 > 
 > This looks like a problem with the PCI to PCI bridge code.
 > AFAIK, nobody checked whether it really works with several
 > such chips (I couldn't afford to buy two multi-port Ethernet
 > cards just to test this, for example :-)
 > 
 > Please boot the system again, with the two port and the 
 > four port card inserted, but enter "-v" at the "Boot: "
 > prompt this time ...

I filed a more complete PR with -v, logs, a crash dump and some
experimentation results.

 > I'm too tired to explain the interrupt stuff right now,
 > but I already wrote something (for a system with an AH3940 
 > card) which seems to apply in your case too.

I only have this problem with multiple multiport ethernet cards, but it
might be a generic bridge code problem (it looks like that).

 > If you have access to the PCI 2.1 spec, then check out the 
 > section about PCI to PCI bridges and the suggested method of 
 > connecting PCI IntA .. IntD to the ISA interrupt controller.

Sorry, I don't have any specs on PCI...

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