[ale] IRQ 255 and IRQ 0 (was: RH 8.0 won't recognize my NIC)

[Geoffrey]

You netioned that the card came with a diag utility.  Does that utility 
enable you to set the irq?  I've seen cards that required such software 
for changing the irq, might this card be such?

Cameron Childress wrote:
> I'm still having problems getting my NIC cards configured...  After
> tinkering with them for several more hours I broke down and bought a Linksys
> router to use instead, but I still want to get this working both as an
> educational exercise, and just to prove that this old Packard Bell POS
> hasn't won the battle.
> 
> When I last posted, I'd found dmesg reporting the IRQ of eth0 as 0.  That's
> not right!  I've tried setting it in /etc/modules.conf, but that doesn't
> seem to be helping either.  Last night I found something else odd - I booted
> the machine to dos using a floppy and ran the diag utility that came with
> the NIC.  It reports the IRQ as 255 (another invalid #).  I moved the card
> around to every slot, and also put the second card in.  Under every
> combination I tried, IRQ was 255.  Though it did apparently correctly ID the
> slot they were in, and the IO address, etc...
> 
> So here's my question...  Where in the system are IRQ addresses assigned in
> plug in play hardware?  Is the motherboard expected to decide?  The OS?  The
> device driver?  There are no dip switches on the card itself...  I'm
> thinking that Packard Bell had some weird proprietary setup that's causing a
> problem here, but I don't know enough to say for sure...
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -Cameron
> 
> -----------------
> Cameron Childress
> Sumo Consulting Inc.
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> 
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: ale-admin at ale.org [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org]On Behalf Of Cameron
>>Childress
>>Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 7:42 AM
>>To: ale at ale.org
>>Subject: RE: [ale] RH 8.0 won't recognize my NIC
>>
>>
>>
>>>Is there any output in the logs referencing the devices?
>>
>>I got an offlist message to a similar effect, and this is what I
>>replied...
>>
>>Ohhh...  yeah - it's something about the irq settings I think.  After
>>running dmesg, I found the following lines useful:
>>
>>ohci1394: pci_module_init failed
>>PCI: no IRQ known for inturrupt pin A of device 00:0b.0. Please try using
>>pci=bioirq
>>divert: allocating divert_blk for eth0
>>eth0: NatSemi DP8381[56] at 0xc384d000 00:09:5b:09:1c:9b, IRQ 0
>>
>>Looks like it's picked up a valid IO, and the MAC addy, but can't
>>assign it
>>an irq for some reason.  Unfortunately, I am still not aware of how to fix
>>the situation.  The bios in this machine is old as poo - wonder
>>if that has
>>anything to do with it?
>>
>>I also ran modprobe, though I have a feeling I don't yet understand the
>>commands, because it just paused and returned nothing.  I did,
>>however, run
>>lsmod, and natsemi is listed as a loaded module.
>>
>>Got any additional pearls of wisdom?
>>
>>-Cameron
>>
>>-----------------
>>Cameron Childress
>>Sumo Consulting Inc.
>>---
>>cell:  678-637-5072
>>aim:   cameroncf
>>email: cameronc at mindspring.com
>>
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: ale-admin at ale.org [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org]On Behalf Of Geoffrey
>>>Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 7:29 AM
>>>To: ale at ale.org
>>>Subject: Re: [ale] RH 8.0 won't recognize my NIC
>>>
>>>
>>>Cameron Childress wrote:
>>>
>>>>Yeah, that's the thing - I bought them today, so they are
>>
>>brand spanking
>>
>>>>new.  Came with Drivers for RH 6 and 7, but not 8.  The natsemi
>>>
>>>mod should
>>>
>>>>work though.  Any other ideas?
>>>
>>>Is there any output in the logs referencing the devices?
>>>
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