I just cannot believe this. I have a laptop (IBM Thinkpad) with absolutely no available IRQ resources. None. The only things attached to this is a phone cord for the modem (linmodem/winmodem). Every single IRQ is used up such that I cannot insert any pcmcia cards while connected via modem because the IRQ conflicts and trashes the pcmcia card.
I want to be able to use my wlan card as an AP, have the laptop connected via modem, and have my desktop get to the internet via my laptop's phone connection. Basic connection sharing, but it appears flat out impossible. Without the wlan card inserted, my IRQs look thus: CPU0 0: 175953 XT-PIC timer 1: 4347 XT-PIC keyboard 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade 5: 128808 XT-PIC ESS Solo-1 8: 1 XT-PIC rtc 9: 535202 XT-PIC i82365, ltserial 10: 15360 XT-PIC usb-ohci 12: 47425 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse 14: 25766 XT-PIC ide0 15: 2 XT-PIC ide1 NMI: 0 LOC: 0 ERR: 0 MIS: 0 Looking at this one can see that IRQ 3 is available. If I insert my wlan card, it takes IRQ 3 and...the system either locks up or the pcmcia card is useless - likely because ltserial, the modem (driver) is sharing and IRQ with the pcmcia bus controller. When there is no card inserted there is no problem but insert a card and there is a wreck. Can anyone suggest ANY way to get this working? praedor -- Conservatives of all times are adventitious liars. - Friedrich Nietzsche.
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