This sounds like a necessary consequence of the "PCI crapshoot."
On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Mike Meyer wrote:
> Mike Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> types:
> > > After installing a fresh cvsup last Sunday, I find that my usb printer
> > > quit working. Some investigation shows that this is because the uhci
> > > and fxp are now on the same IRQ.
> > Why would this cause your printer to stop working? Have you determined
> > that this is actually the case, or did you only just notice that they're
> > on the same IRQ?
>
> I don't know why it would cause the printer to stop working. I didn't
> just notice that the IRQs were the same - I checked for it
> specifically. What I noticed was that the printer wasn't working, and
> lpq showed it as possibly offline. When I first installed the USB
> printer, I had the exact same problem - until I changed changed the
> hardware config so that the fxp and uhci weren't using the same
> IRQ. That's why I checked for this case.
>
> > > Anyone got a clue as to why the IRQ would change? Is there anything in
> > > FreeBSD that could change it?
> > Has it actually changed?
>
> I'm still trying to figure that one out. I haven't been able to get a
> config with the fxp and uhci on different IRQs. I've got a doctor's
> appointment, after which I'm going to pull the fxp and see how that
> goes.
>
> Thanx,
> <mike
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