Re: tlug: Running X with Riva128

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, Takeshi Hakamada wrote:

> 
> I checked out my BIOS and there is no option for manual IRQ assignment
> to PCI slots. I'm sure this functionality is implemented on Award BIOS
> on Asus motherboard. But Award BIOS on EPoX's MVP3 motherboard doesn't
> support it. So I have to change PCI cards where it doesn't share IRQ

you're sure?  Go into PNP/PCI configuration and instead of 'Auto' for the
main option, set it to 'manual', and some IRQ options should appear.  I'll
look in my CMOS again tonight..

> with other cards. It is very difficult. On my current configuration,
> EtherExpress shares IRQ 5 with Initio SCSI and its conflict causes
> EtherExpress to not work. I get 'SIOCS*** Resource temporarily unavailable'
> error when I issue 'ifconfig eth0 up'.
> 
> Does Linux support IRQ sharing? I have to learn about IRQ staring strategy
> unless Linux support IRQ sharing.
> 
> Takeshi
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