[vortex] IRQ routing problems with 6 NICs

[Bogdan Costescu]

On Fri, 22 Sep 2006, Raul Dias wrote:

> When I boot a 2.6.x kernel, all hell breaks loose.  I get all sort of
> IRQ problems with the NICs and only one or two works.

Yes, because the kernel doesn't seem to like the IRQ assignments and 
tries to change them. The file Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 
from the kernel source also suggests:

pci=biosirq

The error message at the very end of your e-mail seems to come from 
the via-rhine driver. Could you disable this network chip (in BIOS as 
it's on-board) or make such that the driver is not loaded ? The 3c59x 
driver is supposed to be able to share interrupts, but the via-rhine 
one seems to be upset when it receives an interrupt that it didn't 
expect.

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