[LinuxBIOS] Two more CS5530 IRQ steering questions

[Marc Jones]

Jonathan Sturges wrote:
>> Jonathan,
>>
>> You can use lspci to get that information.
>> "lspci -xxxv" or "lspci -s 00:12.0 -xxxv" for just device 0x12
>>
>> Marc
> 
> 
> Marc,
> Well the steering bits are actually being set, and it does seem to work!  What threw me off (and I apologize for not testing this more) was the fact that with a normal kernel (2.6.20 plus PCI debugging), you get messages like this at bootup:
> 
> IRQ for 0000:00:15.0[A] -> PIRQ 02, mask 0800, excl 0000 -> newirq=11 ... failed
> PCI: Guessed IRQ 11 for device 0000:00:15.0
> natsemi eth0: NatSemi DP8381[56] at 0xfebf2000 (0000:00:15.0), 00:50:f6:22:91:4e, IRQ 11, port TP.
> 
> The "failed" messages concerned me.  However, in reality, the devices work, and you can verify that the interrupts are routed properly via /proc/interrupts.
> With the same kernel, but patched to know the CS5530 IRQ router, you don't get the "failed" messages.
> 
> So since things work, I'm about ready to claim success.  Are the "failed" messages an acceptable artifact of the kernel not knowing the CS5530 router, or something I should be concerned about?
> 
> thanks,
> Jonathan


Glad it worked. I don't know enough about the kernel to know if the 
failed message is important. It seems to have a fallback mechanism. I 
also haven't followed the 5530 kernel patch debate. Maybe someone else 
here has the knowledge?

Marc


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