[CentOS] Changing IRQ

Sat Aug 25 09:36:55 UTC 2007
John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com>

CentOS List wrote:
>>> Is there a way to change IRQ of PCI devices?
>>
>> PCI is designed to share IRQs between cards, and to automatically 
>> configure.  all PCI device drivers should be designed to cope 
>> properly with this.
>
> I have a Digium card which is conflicting with all the other PCI cards 
> and even the onboard NIC.
>
> There are 3 PCI slots and i had swapped all the 3 and have the same 
> SIOCSIFFLAGS error
>
> What do you think? the Digium is broken?


if it can't coexist with other PCI devices, yes, that card or its 
software is broken.

IRQ conflicts were an issue with ISA cards, where the hardware didn't 
work properly if an IRQ was shared.