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On Fri, 2005-07-22 at 09:27 -0700, Zac Medico wrote: |
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> Joseph wrote: |
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> >>>Finally I was able to emerge KDE, it really took a lot of time. |
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> >>>Though, looking at the motherboard's ASUS A8V IRQ setting: |
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> >>>They put a lot of devices on IRQ5: |
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> >>> |
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> >>>skge - network controller |
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> >>>libata - I think this is sata ATA controller |
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> >>>ethci_Hcd:usb2, usb2 |
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> >>>VIA8237 - sound ship |
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> >>> |
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> >>>No wonder I'm having problem (and some others) with Sata Drive, if it is |
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> >>>sharing an IRQ with so many devices. In comparison IDE controller have |
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> >>>all their own IRQ's Primary IRQ 14 and Secondary IRQ 15 |
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> >>> |
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> >> |
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> >>Great! So, did you physically remove the sata drive? The sata drivers are still enabled though? The ouput from dmesg should give you an idea what drivers the kernel is actively using. |
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> >> |
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> >>Zac |
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> > |
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> > |
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> > No, I still have the same Sata Drive is just I'm playing with IRQ |
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> > assignment and configuration. |
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> > I've changed to BIOS PnP to YES, so my skge (network controller) and |
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> > libata (Sata Controller are shifted to IRQ 10 |
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> > |
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> > But it makes me wonder both controllers on the Motherboard are different |
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> > chips, so why do they share IRQ? Is there a way to shift them to a |
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> > different IRQ since Linux control IRQ assignment now? |
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> > |
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> |
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> A quick look through linux/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt shows |
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> that many drivers support direct irq assignment. Also, |
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> linux/Documentation/pnp.txt may be of use. |
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> |
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> Considering the positive results that you've gotten so far, it seems |
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> like you may be on the right track here. It makes me less concerned |
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> about any possible overheating, but if you wanted to be paranoid about |
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> it, you could get another heat probe to double check the readings from |
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> the first one ;-). |
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> |
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> Zac |
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Yes, it looks like a gold mind of information but at the moment it is |
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beyond my comprehension especially that I'm looking for quick |
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verification. |
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I'll settle for a simple solution, disable BIOS Network Controller, put |
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another network card on a PCI bus (making sure they are on a different |
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IRQ) and try to re-emerge kde. If it will compile without any problem |
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it would mean I've solved the problem. |
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Another problem with that ASUS A8V motherboard is that they put all |
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additional USB (above 4) on the same IRQ as Sata Controller and Network |
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Controller. |
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This is very bad design, having high demanding resources on the same |
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IRQ. |
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In addition they put Floppy Controller on a separate IRQ 6 without |
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ability to re-assign it. So one IRQ 6 is waisted if you don't have |
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floppy drive. |
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#Joseph |
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