Re: newbie: does irq setting in device.hints work?

2009-01-10 Thread Paul B. Mahol
On 1/10/09, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Zhang Weiwu writes: > >> Lowell Gilbert wrote: > >>> Have you checked what happens if you disable your APIC? >>> >> You mean ACPI? > > No, I meant the APIC, the interrupt controller. But I don't think you > can do that without compiling a special kernel for it

Re: newbie: does irq setting in device.hints work?

2009-01-10 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Zhang Weiwu writes: > Lowell Gilbert wrote: >> Have you checked what happens if you disable your APIC? >> > You mean ACPI? No, I meant the APIC, the interrupt controller. But I don't think you can do that without compiling a special kernel for it, so it may not be worth trying. > You mean

Re: newbie: does irq setting in device.hints work?

2009-01-09 Thread Zhang Weiwu
Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Zhang Weiwu writes: > >> >> That's strange, I didn't find manual where it say it work in some >> condition or for some device only. >> > > "Consult individual device drivers' manual pages for available keywords > and their possible values." > > Thanks. I shouldn'

Re: newbie: does irq setting in device.hints work?

2009-01-09 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Zhang Weiwu writes: > Hello. I come across device.hints manual which says I can set irq for > each device there. I am using 6.1. Kind of old now. I don't know specifically of any reason that would matter, but for several reasons I wouldn't be at all surprised. > The settings I made in devices.

newbie: does irq setting in device.hints work?

2009-01-08 Thread Zhang Weiwu
Hello. I come across device.hints manual which says I can set irq for each device there. I am using 6.1. The settings I made in devices.hints never worked. e.g. hint.uhci.0.at="pci" hint.uhci.0.irq="12" I can set whatever value for irq and it always rebooted as irq 11. However 'disabled="1"' wo