>>> Hi, all. I've been pounding on 2.1.103 and I'm happy to say that
>>> the lost interrupt problems with my PCI NE2000 card seem to have
>>> gone away (Tyan Titan Pro, dual PPro 180). Lovely!
>> Good. We still have a case of level interrupts sometimes
>> duplicating, but it's harmless. And we know why it happens and how
>> to avoid it. So there's going to be some very slight work on the
>> irq code still, but I'm beginning to consider it pretty much done
>> other than that.
>> Anybody that still sees interrupt-related problems, speak now or
>> forever hold your peace..
As a follow-up to the above, I noted:
> I have yet to try this on 2.1.103 (just downloaded it), so can't yet
> comment thereon, but I recently came across an interrupt problem with
> both 2.0.33 and 2.1.89 affecting the NE2k cards, which is NOT in the
> 2.0.27 kernel supplied with RH 4.1 and originally installed on the
> said system...
> The system in question has a PCI-based NE2k clone and a PCI-based TV
> card, and the BIOS in auto mode puts both on IRQ 9, sharing the same
> interrupt, which I understand to be OK with PCI. However, although the
> TV card works happily under Linux, the NE2k card does not in that
> configuration...
> I have done some investigation, and this appears to be a problem that
> only occurs when the NE2k is sharing IRQ 9 with some other device, as
> it doesn't occur with the NE2k on its own on IRQ 9, nor when the NE2k
> is sharing any other interrupt with another PCI device (including the
> said TV card). Beyond this, I wouldn't know where to start looking, so
> if somebody out there can give me some pointers...
> For reference: P166/MMX processor, 48M RAM, 2.5G HD, networked using
> the said NE2k with coax leads...
Follow-up to the above: 2.1.103 does NOT suffer this bug.
Best wishes from Riley.
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