Re: 2.6.0-test4(-mmX) via-rhine ethernet onboard C3 mini-itxdoesn't work

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Wed, 2003-09-03 at 09:49, Damian Kolkowski wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 07:11:40AM +0000, Danny ter Haar wrote:
> > vanilla 2.6.0-test4 & test4-mm[45] & the onboard ethernet doesn't seem to work.
> > No kernel panics, it just doesn't work :-(
> 
> It's standard APIC bug that no one care!

if you enable APIC (and not ACPI) then you start using a different BIOS
table for IRQ routing. Several BIOSes have bugs in this table since it's
not a table that is generally used by Windows on UP boxes. Saying that
it's the kernel's fault is rather unfair; most (if not all) distros for
example ship with APIC disabled for this reason. It's nice if it works
for you but there's quite a few boxes out there that just can't work....
Don't configure it if you have such a box.

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