On Tue, 20 Oct 1998, MOLNAR Ingo wrote:
> i too think this is a real issue. But i think this should be a 'PCI
> quirk'. The fix could be to find the root entry of the PCI bus tree and
> call a second IO_APIC_get_PCI_irq_vector() for this device entry. If this
> fails too then use the original (unmapped) PCI line, if it succeeds then
> print a warning and use the "owner device's" irq line.
>
> unfortunately i do not have any such card, if you feel like trying to
> implement this i'd be glad to comment on your patch. It's a definit
> problem to be solved. A few months ago somone reported a similar problem,
> Adaptec SCSI cards do multichannel support via PCI bridges too. (and
> multi-interface Ethernet cards too)
Thank you, Ingo. I will definitely think about this and let you know the
results - may not be soon, though. So, if anyone in the meantime either
fixes this himself or has *any* additional ideas please do let me know.
regards,
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