[oclug] nic troubles

[bbarnett at l8r.net]

On 06-Feb-2001 Chris Herrnberger wrote:
> On Wednesday 28 February 2001 10:29, you wrote:
> 
> Ok I guess Im once again having a conversation with my self..:) Removed the 
> sound card and back on line. The question remains if someone with more 
> understanding than I cares to respond...
> 
> I dont understand why the bios assigns IRQ 9 to the nic and the kernel 
> assigns IRQ 5 to the same nic which conflicts with the bios and kernal 
> assignment of IRQ 5 for the sound card (sb16) once the modules are loaded.
> 

Don't sweat over the bios too much.. although it important.  One thing you
_can_ do is to use it to set aside IRQ's for ISA only.  That way if you know
your ISA car uses IRQ 5 or 7, you can set it aside.  The other cards will remap.

You may also need to manually reset the config data if you have added or
removed cards.  This is usually in the same sub-menu that you can use to set
IRQ's to ISA only.



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