Hi!

> Mathias patch will only work if the PCI adapters do not *physically* 
> share one of the few IRQ lines per PCI bus (namely A-D). Normally, they 
> are rotated for each PCI slot, but there are often also conflicts with 
> on-board peripherals (like USB etc., as you noticed). It can become even 
> more problematic on embedded PC104 systems, where the stack order 
> defines the IRQ line, and this is not always that easy to change 
> (fortunately, some extension cards allow to rotate the line assignment 
> by jumpers).
That's right. However, if no linux driver uses a device (e.g. USB) the interrupt 
sharing does not matter, as no linux driver "reacts" on an incoming interrupt request.
Thus, best remove all drivers that you do not need from the linux kernel.
In my case: No USB, no audio...

Mathias






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