[eepro100] Re: system hangs @ boot-time when bringing up eth0

[Andrey Savochkin]

On Wed, Sep 06, 2000 at 04:52:04PM -0400, Douglas De Couto wrote:
> 
> 
> i am also having a system hang problem.  My system hangs when running

Is it a hang of the whole computer?
If so, it may be the result of usb driver defect in handling shared
interrupts.

> ifconfig (e.g. at boot, or from ifup, etc.), or when loading the
> eepro100.o module.  i am using redhat 6.2 with kernel 2.2.14 on a dell
> dimension L566cx.  The eepro driver version is v1.09j-t 9/29/99
> 
> i noticed by looking at /proc/pci that both the eepro and some
> on-board usb hardware share the same IRQ (9).  It doesn't seem as if
> my BIOS allows changing those IRQs.  That seems a likely candidate for
> the problem.  any ideas?

Best regards
					Andrey V.
					Savochkin