No interrupts from PCI bridge device on Intel core duo Suse 11.1
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If we turn off APIC in the BIOS and use legacy PIC and specify the 'noapic' kernel parameter the bridge device interrupts continuously (interrupt 11 below):
A few suggestions: I take it you will try all permutations of these settings.
First of all, I would recompile the kernel _without_ generic support and with your chipset only. Go for edge triggered interrupts, leave the apic on in the bios but be ready to turn it off on the boot line. Then I would go for manufacturers, and driver authors and try for ideas.
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll certainly try rebuilding the kernel.
The manufacturer suggests setting ide0 to PIO, and disabling ACPI in the
BIOS, also supplying irqpoll and acpi=noirq to the kernel. I am in the process of trying this.
NB The same driver works correctly on the manufacturer's Intel Pentium III and M running 2.6.13-15-default (Suse 10.0) but we had to turn off ACPI in the BIOS to get interrupts working on the Pentium M. In my experience turning ACPI off solves quite a few problems!
That's great! I feel your pain, but am glad it's over. Make a mental note that your next mobo has a decent chipset.
Noapic boot parameter brings you back to 16 interrupts, and things land more or less where expected. The big difference is the output of
cat /proc/interrupts with & without that.
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