[linux-audio-user] Asus, Athalon XP and ICE1712 IRQ issues...

[Eric Dantan Rzewnicki]

Since you don't have anything else at IRQ 9, IRQ 10 should be fine for
you.

-Eric Rz.

On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 09:31:49AM -0700, Russell Hanaghan wrote:
> Hi gang...
> 
> Just bought a new box for DAW stuff..
> 
> Got MDK 10.0 all installed and updated...Got all the cool apps installed
> and working ok.
> 
> The ASUS mobo is an A7V8X-MX SE with Athalon +2500. It runs an Award
> Pheonix Bios which is not as extensive on options as some of my other
> boxes...
> 
> This mobo has only 3 PCI slots and 1 AGP. It's a mini form factor case
> and board. I have shuffled the card from slot to slot, stopped the
> kernel loading the USB modules (*I don't need 'em anyway), messed with
> all relevant BIOS settings (Assign IRQ's, APIC, etc) and I cannot get
> this card (Delta 1010LT)onto an Interrupt lower than 10.
> 
> cat /proc/interrupts
> 
> 0:	486023	XT-PIC	timer
> 1:	1990	XT-PIC	i8042
> 2:	0	XT-PIC	cascade
> 8:	1	XT-PIC	rtc
> 10:	0	XT-PIC	ICE1712
> 11:	14687	XT-PIC	eth0
> 12:	7242	XT-PIC	i8042
> 14:	11595	XT-PIC	ide0
> NMI:	0
> LOC:	486014
> ERR:	546
> MIS:	0
> 
> Any thoughts...I also tried the APIC options in LILO...
> 
> Is it really necessary to even have it on a lower Interrupt...I mean are
> the benefits substantial or miniscul and not worthy of 20 hrs of boot /
> halt / boot, etc...
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> R~