[TriLUG] how to change an IRQ

[Dan]

--On Monday, March 15, 2004 09:43:36 AM -0500 rasch at raschnet.com wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 09:42:38AM -0500, Dan
> <trilug at daijin.nulluser.com> wrote:
>> Dual Pentium Pro system running Mandrake 10.  This box is old enough
>> that  it doesn't have an integrated USB port.  I went to Intrex and
>> picked up a  USB/PCI adapter.  The Mandrake install found it with no
>> problem.  But this  card uses several IRQs including 16 which is the
>> same IRQ as my network  card.  I tried a couple of different brands of
>> NICs and they both wanted  IRQ 16.  Back in the DOS days I used a floppy
>> based exe to change the  card's IRQ.  Is there any way to do this in the
>> linux config?
>
> Generally, with PCI devices you can't manually change the IRQ unless you
> do it at the BIOS level on a per-slot basis.  On the other hand, PCI
> devices can happily share IRQ's in most cases.  Otherwise, the easiest
> way to change its IRQ is to try a different slot :).
>
> David
>

hmmm, I figured it was a conflict because the NIC wouldn't work.  But it 
could have well been something else, I was in a bit of an upgrade frenzy 
this weekend.  I've got everything working without the USB card, I'll stick 
it in tonight and see what happens.

Thanks!

-- 
Dan