From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <486A9516.6000703@domain.hid> Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:35:34 +0200 From: Gilles Chanteperdrix MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <200807010043.33331.leo@domain.hid> In-Reply-To: <200807010043.33331.leo@domain.hid> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Xenomai-help] IRQs and PCIs List-Id: Help regarding installation and common use of Xenomai List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Leopold Palomo Avellaneda Cc: xenomai@xenomai.org Leopold Palomo Avellaneda wrote: > Hi, > > maybe is an off toppic, but probably some like me has this issue. I have a > mainboard with several PCI and two PCIe. I can configure the PCIe to use with > rtnet and xenomai without any important problem. > > The mobo has an eth and firewire and vga incorporated, so the pci are free. > But now, I would like to add a pci network card. I have three: > - on for our environtment > - two for the rtnet (two robot controlers) > > and then I would like to have 4 > - one for another network > > The problem that I have and I don't know how to solve is that the new pci > network card share an irq with another device. So, in my case, I have > problems with this. With rtnet, I solve this using pcie devices, but now I > cannot. > > I have configure the xenomai kernel following the FAQ, and I have tested to > assign an IRQ in the BIOS. But I have not be able to make the interface > works. I have delays in the interface, and google says ;-) that is a problems > of sharing IRQs with the eth. And I believe in that ... > > So, thinking that I would like to use this eth in a normal environment (not > rtnet,) but in a box using xenomai, some of you have some "magical" idea, > kernel parameter, etc to solve this issue? > > Thanks in advance, Well, maybe you can configure the cards controlled by rtnet to actually share their irq ? Maybe this would free irqs for other cards ? -- Gilles.