Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 2 Apr 2001 22:25:02 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 2 Apr 2001 22:24:53 -0400 Received: from mail.valinux.com ([198.186.202.175]:33036 "EHLO mail.valinux.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 2 Apr 2001 22:24:40 -0400 Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 20:23:43 -0600 From: Don Dugger To: xcp Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: what is pci=biosirq Message-ID: <20010402202343.A8531@tlaloc.n0ano.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: ; from xcp@brewt.org on Sat, Mar 31, 2001 at 06:37:41PM -0800 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 8240 Lines: 182 The error message idicates that the MPS table doesn't provide interrupt routing information for that PCI slot. I ran into the same problem on my K6 machine. I was able to fix it in the BIOS. In the BIOS setup go to the `Advaned' page. Look under `Installed O/S'. It probably says something silly like `Win95' or `Win98/Win2000'. Change it to `Other' and your problem should go away. On Sat, Mar 31, 2001 at 06:37:41PM -0800, xcp wrote: > I have an ALi chipset motherboard that seems to function normally. K6-2 > 450, 256mb ram, 20gb ide fujitsu hard disk. Every time I boot up I get > this unsettling message about PCI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin A of > device 00:0f.0. Please try using pci=biosirq. > > It turns out that 00:0f.0 is my ALi ide controller: 00:0f.0 IDE > interface: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5229 IDE (rev c1) > > Is this normal, or what should I do to "fix" it? Changing plug and play > OS in the bios has no effect. > > dmesg and lspci follow: > > Linux version 2.4.3 (root@coffee) (gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (release)) > #2 Sat Mar 31 17:50:50 PST 2001 > BIOS-provided physical RAM map: > BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable) > BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved) > BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved) > BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000000fffc000 (usable) > BIOS-e820: 000000000fffc000 - 000000000ffff000 (ACPI data) > BIOS-e820: 000000000ffff000 - 0000000010000000 (ACPI NVS) > BIOS-e820: 00000000ffff0000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved) > On node 0 totalpages: 65532 > zone(0): 4096 pages. > zone(1): 61436 pages. > zone(2): 0 pages. > Kernel command line: > Initializing CPU#0 > Detected 451.019 MHz processor. > Console: colour VGA+ 80x25 > Calibrating delay loop... 901.12 BogoMIPS > Memory: 255860k/262128k available (826k kernel code, 5880k reserved, 271k > data, 176k init, 0k highmem) > Dentry-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 6, 262144 bytes) > Buffer-cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes) > Page-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes) > Inode-cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 5, 131072 bytes) > CPU: Before vendor init, caps: 008021bf 808029bf 00000000, vendor = 2 > CPU: L1 I Cache: 32K (32 bytes/line), D cache 32K (32 bytes/line) > CPU: After vendor init, caps: 008021bf 808029bf 00000000 00000002 > CPU: After generic, caps: 008021bf 808029bf 00000000 00000002 > CPU: Common caps: 008021bf 808029bf 00000000 00000002 > CPU: AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor stepping 0c > Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK. > POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX > mtrr: v1.37 (20001109) Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au) > mtrr: detected mtrr type: AMD K6 > PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xf0720, last bus=1 > PCI: Using configuration type 1 > PCI: Probing PCI hardware > PCI: Using IRQ router ALI [10b9/1533] at 00:07.0 > Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4 > Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039 > Initializing RT netlink socket > Starting kswapd v1.8 > pty: 512 Unix98 ptys configured > block: queued sectors max/low 170010kB/56670kB, 512 slots per queue > Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 6.31 > ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with > idebus=xx > ALI15X3: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 78 > PCI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin A of device 00:0f.0. Please try using > pci=biosirq. > ALI15X3: chipset revision 193 > ALI15X3: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later > ide0: BM-DMA at 0xb000-0xb007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio > ide1: BM-DMA at 0xb008-0xb00f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio > hda: FUJITSU MPF3204AT, ATA DISK drive > ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with > idebus=xx > hdc: RICOH CD-R/RW MP7040A, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive > ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 > ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 > hda: 40031712 sectors (20496 MB) w/512KiB Cache, CHS=2491/255/63, UDMA(33) > Partition check: > hda: hda1 hda2 < hda5 hda6 > hda3 hda4 > Serial driver version 5.05 (2000-12-13) with MANY_PORTS SHARE_IRQ > SERIAL_PCI enabled > ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A > PPP generic driver version 2.4.1 > PPP Deflate Compression module registered > PPP BSD Compression module registered > NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0 > IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP > IP: routing cache hash table of 2048 buckets, 16Kbytes > TCP: Hash tables configured (established 16384 bind 16384) > ip_tables: (c)2000 Netfilter core team > NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0. > cryptoapi: Registered sha1 (0) > cryptoapi: Registered rijndael-ecb (0) > cryptoapi: Registered rijndael-cbc (65536) > cryptoapi: Registered aes-ecb (0) > cryptoapi: Registered aes-cbc (65536) > cryptoapi: Registered blowfish-ecb (0) > cryptoapi: Registered blowfish-cbc (65536) > cryptoapi: Registered des-ecb (0) > cryptoapi: Registered des-cbc (65536) > cryptoapi: Registered des_ede3-ecb (0) > cryptoapi: Registered des_ede3-cbc (65536) > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly. > Freeing unused kernel memory: 176k freed > Adding Swap: 128516k swap-space (priority -1) > PCI: Found IRQ 3 for device 00:09.0 > 3c59x.c:LK1.1.13 27 Jan 2001 Donald Becker and others. > http://www.scyld.com/network/vortex.html > See Documentation/networking/vortex.txt > eth0: 3Com PCI 3c900 Boomerang 10baseT at 0xb800, 00:60:97:c7:a6:82, IRQ > 3 > product code 4843 rev 00.0 date 09-07-00 > 8K word-wide RAM 3:5 Rx:Tx split, autoselect/10baseT interface. > Enabling bus-master transmits and whole-frame receives. > eth0: scatter/gather enabled. h/w checksums disabled > Real Time Clock Driver v1.10d > inserting floppy driver for 2.4.3 > Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M > FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 > loop: loaded (max 8 devices) > hdc: set_drive_speed_status: status=0x40 { DriveReady } > hdc: ATAPI 20X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache, DMA > Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12 > usb.c: registered new driver hub > PCI: Found IRQ 7 for device 00:02.0 > PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:02.0 to 64 > usb-ohci.c: USB OHCI at membase 0xd084f000, IRQ 7 > usb-ohci.c: usb-00:02.0, Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5237 USB > usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 > hub.c: USB hub found > hub.c: 2 ports detected > es1370: version v0.34 time 17:48:44 Mar 31 2001 > PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 00:0a.0 > es1370: found adapter at io 0xb400 irq 10 > es1370: features: joystick on, line in, mic impedance 0 > gameport0: NS558 ISA at 0x200 size 8 speed 1125 kHz > js0: Joystick device for input0 > event0: Event device for input0 > input0: Gravis Xterminator Digital on gameport0.0 > Linux agpgart interface v0.99 (c) Jeff Hartmann > agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 203M > agpgart: Detected Ali M1541 chipset > agpgart: AGP aperture is 64M @ 0xe0000000 > [drm] AGP 0.99 on ALi M1541 @ 0xe0000000 64MB > [drm] Initialized tdfx 1.0.0 20000928 on minor 63 > eth0: first available media type: 10baseT > > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M1541 (rev 04) > 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5243 (rev 04) > 00:02.0 USB Controller: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5237 USB (rev 03) > 00:03.0 Bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M7101 PMU > 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M1533 PCI to ISA Bridge > [Aladdin IV] (rev c3) > 00:09.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c900 10BaseT [Boomerang] > 00:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1370 [AudioPCI] > 00:0f.0 IDE interface: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5229 IDE (rev c1) > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: 3Dfx Interactive, Inc. Voodoo 3 (rev > 01) > > > - > 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/ -- Don Dugger "Censeo Toto nos in Kansa esse decisse." - D. 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