Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 06:49:53 -0500 (EST) From: Patrick Seal <patseal@hyperhost.net> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: mobile@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PCCARD modem trouble (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902260645410.15655-100000@foobar.hyperhost.net> In-Reply-To: <199902260607.WAA04827@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On Thu, 25 Feb 1999, Mike Smith wrote: > > Thanks, I changed it to 13 (the only other availible irq that the card > > seems to support according to dumpcis info) and it still gives me the same > > error. Also, why can't irq 8 be used? And then why is it listed in the > > output of `pccard dumpcis` > > > > The only free irqs I have are 2, 8, 10, 13 (10 is not free when docked > > however). I tried all of them and they don't seem to work (except for 10 > > of course). > > 2 is never free, neither are 8 or 13. Your pcic is probably on 3, so > you only have irq 10 available for allocation. > > > Next I'm take out my soundcard from the kernel and try irq 5. > > You can't do that; the hardware is still connected to the IRQ line even > if you don't have a driver enabled. Why not? I did and pcic took irq5 and freed up 9 to use for the modem. > If you're on -current or 3.1 you can try setting the pcic IRQ to 0 (see > 'help tunables' in the loader) to free up IRQ 3. > ------------------------------------ _____________________________________ Patrick Seal |"Microsoft isn't evil, they just make <patseal@hyperhost.net> | really crappy operating systems." Hyperhost - http://www.hyperhost.net| -Linus Torvalds hosting and Design http://www.freebsd.org - http://www.linux.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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