Re: Help enabling PCI interrupts on Dell/SMP and Sun/SMP systems.

[linux-os]

On Wed, 23 Feb 2005, Alan Kilian wrote:

	call	pci_enable_device(dev)
	... before you use the IRQ in dev->irq.

	The reported IRQ is bogus until you make that
	call. It's a reported BUG, probably won't
	ever get fixed because it's considered a
	feature.

	Also, make sure that your .config for the Dell looks
	something like:

	CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC=y
	CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=y
	CONFIG_PCI=y
	# CONFIG_PCI_GOBIOS is not set
	# CONFIG_PCI_GODIRECT is not set
	CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y
	CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y
	CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y

>    Folks,
>
> 	This group was instrumental in helping me get my first-ever
> 	linux/PCI-bus device driver working last year, and I'm back for
> 	some more help if you are willing.
>
> 	I have a PCI card that generates an interrupt when it completes
> 	a DMA transfer to the PCs RAM.
>
> 	This works just fine on a Dell 4400 running 2.6.10-1.766_FC3
>
> 	When I try to run the driver on a Dell 2300 FC2/2.6.5-1.358smp
> 	or a Sun W2100Z running FC2/2.6.10-1.14_FC2smp I can see the
> 	DMA-done bit set in the device, but my interrupt service routine
> 	never gets called.
>
> 	On the Sun, I booted with "noapic" option, and it booted OK,
> 	but then when my device generated an interrupt, there was a
> 	kernel message about Disabling IRQ #5 and the system was hung
> 	solidly.
>
> 	I think this has something to do with the different interrupt
> 	hardware on the more advanced servers compared to my desktop
> 	Dell 4400, and I somehow need to "enable" the IOAPIC system
> 	so that my interrupt gets through to my service routine, but I
> 	don't know how.
>
> 	I tried grepping through the kernel/drivers source, and I didn't
> 	find anything that jumped out at me.
>
> 	The Rubini drivers book didn't help in this area either,
> 	although it's a wonderful book in other areas.
>
> 	I can post source somewhere if it will help.
>
> 	I can also post the essential bits from /var/log/messages about
> 	all the incredibly complicated IOAPIC configuration stuff.
>
> 	Thank you for your past help, and thank you in advance for any
> 	tips you can provide.
>
> 				-Alan
>
> --
> - Alan Kilian <kilian(at)bobodyne.com>

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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