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#49 coexistence with other network adapters
I am using mdk8 (std installation from ISO images,
kernel 2.4.3-20mdk) in the following hw cfg:
P5/133, 64M, 2x6G 1x2G IDE HDD, 4x IDE CDROM, S3 Virge
DX 2M, ISA Intel EtherExpress Pro.
Trying to add new PCI network card (Realtek 8139C
clone) and to configure as eth1.
Result ->
eth0: eepro irq=10 io=0x340 works fine !
eth1: 8139too (version 0.9.15c) without parameters for
insmod --- tries to get irq=10 and reports error that
this irq number is not accessible (true, but why this
irq must be used ????)
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I've done the rearrangement of the order modules are loaded:
eth0 as 8139too - it then captures irq=11
eth1 as eepro with the same parameters, now both adapters
are running fine.
I suspect that driver does not recognizes properly the set
of irqs
reserved for use by ISA cards or services provided by hw on
mather
board vie BIOS ! --> see similar problem 449491
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user_id=17443
The eepro driver does not share its IRQ with anyone, so
using the 8139 card on IRQ 10 fails. You need to go into
BIOS setup and change the IRQ for the 8139 card, or for the
eepro card.