Re: cardbus/pcmcia/pci bridge problems?

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 21 May 2002 20:52:16 +0100 (BST)


> >The $PIR table in the BIOS provided no useful information on what IRQ
> >to use, or we didn't know the IRQ router concerned to set it up.
>
> alan: let me check what you're saying: despite the fact that lspci -vv
> shows the relevant information, there is still a problem?
>
> the problem is either in the BIOS or its an issue with the kernel not
> knowing which IRQ router to use when setting up the interrupt? sorry
> to be repetitive, but i'm just trying to check that i fully understand
> this.

There are two stages to IRQ routing

1. Knowing how INTA/B/C/D on the slot are wired to the INTA-D lines
on the PCI bus (its not 1-1)
2. Knowing how to drive the PCI irq routing hardware to route a
line to an ISA IRQ or to work out which it already goes to

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