[linux-audio-user] Setting IRQ on intel8x0-card

[Clemens Ladisch]

Paul Davis wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-10-09 at 15:07 -0400, Lee Revell wrote:
> > Has it ever been possible to change the IRQs of onboard devices?  I
> > thought it was hard wired.
> 
> the wiring into the IO-APIC is board-level, but the IO-APIC is
> programmable and thus you can change the actual IRQ that the device
> generates, in theory.

But at this point, the interrupt lines from onboard and external PCI
devices are already merged, so changing the IRQ would just move
both devices.

When an onboard device and a PCI card conflict, you have to move the
card to another slot (or, better, to fix the driver(s)).


Regards,
Clemens