2003-07-26 17:30:34

by Sérgio Monteiro Basto

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Subject: [Fwd: [ACPI] How to control IRQ polarities on PCI devices?]

Hi
I think this questions in not only ACPI related, and should be asked in
kernel mailing list so...

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>
> Hi, I've just tested what Windows XP programs my IO-APIC to with my wavelan
> card (using Softice to interrogate the IO-APIC by hand :)
>
> It turns out that with my latest patch, I am programming the IO-APIC the same
> way it is set up under windows.
>
> Thing is, the IO-APIC is set up to active high, level trigger. This is how it
> is setup under windows as well (the device works under windows).
>
> I'm assuming the device is by default expecting PCI standard IRQs which are
> active LOW, level polarity... which is why I either get no IRQs, or lots of
> rubbish ones.
>
> Is there a standard way of controlling the polarity of IRQs generated by PCI
> devices? This looks like the last issue to be resolved under linux.
>
>
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