nate wrote: > Gary wrote: > > >> J> does LSPCI not even show the 3rd card?!? >> >> No, not at all... >> > > If the PCI bus doesn't see it there's no way to get it working > in linux(or any other OS for that matter). > > Perhaps there is an IRQ conflict, check the IRQs on the system, > and try the NIC in a different PCI slot. Try disabling some > on board features(parallel port, serial port etc if you don't > need them) to free up IRQs. > > IRQ's are fully sharable on PCI, all PCI devices can use a single hardware IRQ with no problems. > Pull out the other NICs and just try that 3rd NIC to try to > verify that the NIC itself is OK or not. > I'd suggest trying the NIC in a different slot. > Many BIOSs print out the various PCI cards and their IRQs as > part of the POST process, usually just before the boot loader > kicks in, if yours does this make sure you see that 3rd NIC > on there before linux boots up. > and in fact, that display often shows the bus.slot.func too, which is the same info shown on lspci