[vortex] Strange problem with 3c905A

[Donald Becker]

On Mon, 6 Aug 2001, Ville Herva wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 05, 2001 at 11:22:02PM -0400, you [Donald Becker] claimed:
> > On Sun, 5 Aug 2001, Ville Herva wrote:
> > No, it wouldn't.  The problem is the IRQ line, not the driver.
> 
> I don't suppose there is any way of resetting the situation other than
> reboot, then?

The IRQ dispatch code is always built into the kernel.
Sometimes removing all device drivers associated with that IRQ fixes the
problem (and makes the problem look like a driver bug :-<).

Using 'noapic' is the only real solution.

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