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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Install Prob: 2940 + eisa HD, BSD on scsi???
Date: 20 Sep 1996 10:14:29 +0100
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Todd Brous (toadler@panix.com) wrote:
: also, boot -c doesn't show the driver for the 2940, just the 154x & 152x
: cards.  IRQ is 9 on board, and kernel is looking for IRQ 11 *i think*., I
: cannot change it on the board, the adaptec bios setup (ctrl-a) won't let
: me get to the irq field.

Nope, you don't see pci stuff in the "visual" -c mode.  The 2940 expects
the irq to be assigned to it by the PCI bios.  You should be able to
configure this in your bios setup - but if you're *really* lucky (like
me, and have a Dell), there's *no* way to control the IRQs that get
allocated.  In this case, the bios is supposed to be smart enough to
assign only unused IRQs..... laugh laugh laugh !

--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....