nate wrote: > John R Pierce wrote: > > >> IRQ's are fully sharable on PCI, all PCI devices can use a single >> hardware IRQ with no problems. >> > > In theory yes, in practice these days usually yes but it's by no > means a guarantee it will work. It's been a few years since I > had IRQ sharing issues, but when it did happen it was on the > PCI bus. Perhaps broken devices, perhaps broken bios(s), who > knows but it can happen. And when dealing with Linksys, I'm > sure the possibility of 'broken devices' skyrockets pretty > fast. > > IRQ problems wouldn't prevent LSPCI from enumerating the PCI devices >> I'd suggest trying the NIC in a different slot. >> > > Most often what happens in a different slot is a different IRQ > is assigned. (Usually only a small range of IRQs are available > for each PCI slot) > or the slot its in is broken. I've seen boards with bad PCI slots, typically a broken select, so the device plugged into that slot simply didn't show up. or the card itself is broken, whereupon, well, replace it.