[TriLUG] how to change an IRQ

[Tanner Lovelace]

Dan said the following on 3/15/04 9:42 AM:

> 
> 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?
> 

PCI IRQs are normally set automatically.  You shouldn't (and probably
can't) change it yourself.  They should be able to share the IRQs
though.

Tanner
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