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- From: rsj@wa4mei (Randy Jarrett)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Subject: Re: asy device uses 2 IRQs? any way to free them?
- Keywords: asy drivers IRQ Starlan NAU
- Message-ID: <1992Jul26.185101.17849@wa4mei>
- Date: 26 Jul 92 18:51:01 GMT
- References: <15799@pitt.UUCP>
- Organization: Amateur Radio Gateway WA4MEI, Chamblee, GA
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- In <15799@pitt.UUCP> jack@dsl.pitt.edu (john p. nelson) writes:
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- > In trying to set up an AT&T 6386 to run WINTCP/386, I seem to be out
- >of IRQ's. I have a PC Starlan NAU already at IRQ2, cartridge tape
- >drive at IRQ5, and IRQ6 seems to be used by kd driver (keyboard) and
- >LPD has IRQ7. The Starlan-10 NAU I want to use for tcp uses on
- >2,3,4,5,7 as does the Starlan NAU.
- > IRQ3 and IRQ4 seem to be assigned to asy driver, I guess to control
- >the remote boot feature. This seems a high price to pay, unless I
- >can find an NAU with IRQ10 or some further flexibility.
- > Am I understanding this correctly? Is there any way to get rid of
- >the asy 'feature', or to free up at least one of the IRQ's?
- > Thanks for any help.
- > Jack Nelson
- >--
- >John P. Nelson, M.D., U. of Pittsurgh, Dept of Psychiatry
- >(412) 624-4802, 3811 O'Hara St, Pittsburgh PA 15213
- >jack@nelslab.wpic.pitt.edu jack@cadre.dsl.pitt.edu jpn@med.pitt.edu
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- If you are not using any serial ports you should be able to remove
- the asy driver from your kernel and rebuild. This should free up the
- 3 & 4 IRQ's.
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- Randy
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