From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 12 May 2002 07:31:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 12 May 2002 07:31:12 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:35089 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 12 May 2002 07:31:10 -0400 Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 12:31:09 +0100 From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" To: Hugh Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: IRQ > 15 for Athlon SMP boards Message-ID: <20020512113109.GE726@gallifrey> In-Reply-To: <3CDE48CC.9050003@nospam.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Chocolate: 70 percent or better cocoa solids preferably X-Operating-System: Linux/2.4.18 (i686) X-Uptime: 12:25:58 up 1 day, 13:19, 3 users, load average: 2.02, 2.25, 2.50 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Hugh (hugh@nospam.com) wrote: > /proc/pci on my computer reports the following, which is definitely > abnormal: No, it is definitely normal - my happily working dual Athlon also has IRQs above 15. I think this is a consequence of the APICs and stuff on newer x86 architectures (?) - but it is nothing to worry about. > The symptom as you can see is that IRQ > 15, which does not seem > normal. I checked this with 2.4.18-pre6aa1 and 2.4.18-pre8ac1. > The results were the same. The consequence is that X does not > start because of an error that reads like Now you have put 2 and 2 together and got 5 here - the two are unlikely to be related. > ============================================================= > (WW) MGA No matching device section for instance (BusID PCI:1:5:0) found > (EE) No devices detected > ================================================================== Hmm - I think thats a simple X config screw up; check that you haven't got a BusID line in there which doesn't match. Dave ---------------- Have a happy GNU millennium! ---------------------- / Dr. David Alan Gilbert | Running GNU/Linux on Alpha,68K| Happy \ \ gro.gilbert @ treblig.org | MIPS,x86,ARM, SPARC and HP-PA | In Hex / \ _________________________|_____ http://www.treblig.org |_______/