Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 10 Apr 2001 17:36:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 10 Apr 2001 17:36:24 -0400 Received: from panic.ohr.gatech.edu ([130.207.47.194]:57475 "HELO havoc.gtf.org") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 10 Apr 2001 17:36:14 -0400 Message-ID: <3AD37CCD.DB0CCCD@mandrakesoft.com> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 17:36:13 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik Organization: MandrakeSoft X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.4-pre1 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Manuel A. McLure" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Still IRQ routing problems with VIA In-Reply-To: <419E5D46960FD211A2D5006008CAC79902E5C1A7@pcmailsrv1.sac.unify.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org "Manuel A. McLure" wrote: > I'd do that if this wasn't also my Windows 98 gaming machine - I'm supposing > that the Windows drivers do use the IRQ even if XFree86/Linux doesn't. I > dunno if Windows is smart enough to assign an IRQ even if the BIOS doesn't. > Anyway, things are working now (specially since the last tulip patches) and > I like it that way :-) Well, as the old saying goes, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." Theoretically, with PNP OS enabled, the driver will assign VGA an IRQ if it needs one, under both Windows and Linux. Jeff -- Jeff Garzik | Sam: "Mind if I drive?" Building 1024 | Max: "Not if you don't mind me clawing at the dash MandrakeSoft | and shrieking like a cheerleader." - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/