Re: no interrupts to 3c509B

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 29 Apr 1999 13:48:47 +0100 (BST)


> I am getting no interrupts to my ethernet, a 3com 3c509B, so it's not
> receiving any packets. The loopback works fine and the ethernet seems
> to transmit according to ifconfig, but there is no receive activity.
> Here's a dmesg output and some other info. By the way, I have the latest
> release of nettools also and need any reply CCd to me because I'm not
> subscribed. Thanks!

Make sure that

a) IRQ9 is marked as a legacy ISA irq in the bios settings (if applicable
- it is with most modern boxes)

b) Nothing else is trying to use IRQ 9 (aka IRQ 2)

Alan

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