> At 04:52 PM 12/21/99 -0700, John Starkey wrote:
> >If I deactivate the eth0 and both the modem and the NIC are on the same
> IRQ, will I
> >still have a conflict??
>
> Yes. As long as both devices are physically preseent in the host and trying
> to use the same IRQ, you will have a conflict. (A charming, hard-to-detect
> variation of your problem involves a Winmodem conflicting with a serial port
> or an Ethernet card. Even though Linux cannot use the WInmodem, it still
> causes an IRQ conflict.)
Ok.... I could take the NIC out for the time being.
> >IRQ is a bus right???
>
> No. IRT is a train, but IRQ isn't a bus. It's an interrupt signal to the
> CPU. Intel CPUs have 16 interrupt levels, 0 to 15.
So then IRT = Interrupt train??? Meaning (I'm guessing) that it's on one line
and the cards pull their own IRQ's from the stream of data???? From what I
understand the IRQ is daemon-like, it's a dedicated line that sends a signal
that says "hey something is coming your way"?
