Re: 8139too PCI IRQ issues WAS Re: 2.6.12 breaks 8139cp

From: Nick Warne
Date: Sun Jun 26 2005 - 10:04:19 EST


On Sunday 26 June 2005 15:59, you wrote:
> What are you supposed to do though if you dont have that bios option.
> And if the bios wasn't changed between kernel version upgrades, what is
> the PCI irq subsystem doing now that requires such a change? And what
> makes it possible to remove the problem with reverting just the 8139too
> driver ... There is a quirk here, but the fix should be in the kernel,
> since not all bios' allow you to make the fix yourself.

Well, I wasn't saying _this_ is the solution, I was just pointing out the
threads involved from last year for reference during this issue.

Nick
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